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Addressing childhood cancer: actions taken in the Dominican Republic by Gómez García, Wendy C, de la Rosa, Andelys, Batista, Vhania, Matos de Purcell, Alexandra

“…This report provides a summary of childhood cancer and the efforts made in the Dominican Republic to address child and adolescent cancer in line with the World…”
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Using EmPalPed-An Educational Toolkit on Essential Messages in Palliative Care and Pain Management in Children-As a Strategy to Promote Pediatric Palliative Care by García-Quintero, Ximena, Claros-Hulbert, Angélica, Tello-Cajiao, María Elena, Bolaños-Lopez, Jhon Edwar, Cuervo-Suárez, María Isabel, Durán, Martha Gabriela García, Gómez-García, Wendy, McNeil, Michael, Baker, Justin N

“…Background: Most children needing palliative care (PC) live in low- and middle-income countries. In Colombia, pediatric palliative care (PPC) knowledge among…”
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Assessment of the impact of inpatient infectious events in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia at Dr. Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital, Dominican Republic by Burns, Julianne E, Reyes Pérez, Dominga, Li, Yimei, Gómez García, Wendy, Garcia, F Jay, Gil Jiménez, Johanna Penélope, Sánchez, Jacqueline, Castillo Bueno, María, Hunger, Stephen P, Reaves, Lisa, Contreras González, Johanny, Coffin, Susan E, Deverlis, Adriana, Steenhoff, Andrew P, Fisher, Brian T

“…Survival rates for pediatric acute leukemia vary dramatically worldwide. Infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and the impact is amplified…”
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Perspectives of non‐physician partners on barriers and facilitators to AYA cancer care in Latin America by Wong, Samantha L., Alvarez, Elysia, Johnston, Emily E., Romero, Crystal, Rossell, Nuria, Rios, Ligia, Gómez García, Wendy, Antillon‐Klussmann, Federico, Fu, Ligia, Fuentes‐Alabi, Soad, Delgado, Karina Quintero, Morales, Daniel Ortiz, Rodriguez‐Loza, Carolina, Lopez, Salvador A., Gosdin, Melissa, Malogolowkin, Marcio, Friedrich, Paola

“…Background Cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults (AYA) worldwide. Although successful treatment of cancer in AYA has…”
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Advancing cancer care and prevention in the Caribbean: a survey of strategies for the region by Spence, Dingle, FRCR, Argentieri, M Austin, MPhil, Andall-Brereton, Glennis, PhD, Anderson, Benjamin O, MD, Duggan, Catherine, PhD, Bodkyn, Curt, MRCPI, Bray, Freddie, PhD, Gibson, Tracey, MBBS, Garcia, Wendy Gomez, MD, Greaves, Natalie, PhD, Gupta, Sumit, MD, Hobday, Virginia, MPhil, McLean, Felicia, BSN, Mery, Les, MSc, Nimrod, Marisa, MD, Ocho, Oscar, DrPH, Quee-Brown, Corrine Sin, MBBS, Tortolero-Luna, Guillermo, PhD, Shields, Alexandra E, PhD

“…SummaryCancer is now the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean. Despite this growing burden, many Caribbean small island nations have health systems…”
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Outcome of pediatric non‐Hodgkin lymphoma in Central America: A report of the Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology of Central America (AHOPCA) by Peña‐Hernandez, Armando, Ortiz, Roberta, Garrido, Claudia, Gomez‐Garcia, Wendy, Fuentes‐Alabi, Soad, Martinez, Roxana, Metzger, Monika L., Chantada, Guillermo L., Ribeiro, Raul C.

“…Background Treating B–non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (B‐NHL) in lower‐income countries is challenging because of imprecise diagnosis, the increased risk of fatal…”
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Impact of COVID‐19 in pediatric oncology care in Latin America during the first year of the pandemic by Villanueva, Gabriela, Sampor, Claudia, Palma, Julia, Villarroel, Milena, Valencia, Diana, Lombardi, Mercedes García, Garcia, Wendy Gomez, Caceres, Eva Lezcano, Sobrero, Victoria, Garcia, Lilia, Cabrera, Victor, Maza, Ivan, Velasquez, Thelma, Ugaz, Cecilia, Vasquez, Jacqueline Montoya, Coronado, Rosdali Diaz, Gonzalez, Natalia, Aguiar, Simone, Dabezies, Agustin, Moreno, Florencia, Sardinas, Susan, Gamboa, Yessika, Maradiegue, Essy, Fu, Ligia, Gassant, Pascale, Moreno, Katiuska, Gonzales, Oscar, Schelotto, Magdalena, Luna‐Fineman, Sandra, Antoneli, Celia Gianotti, Fuentes‐Alabi, Soad, Luciani, Silvana, Cappellano, Andrea, Chantada, Guillermo, Vasquez, Liliana

“…Background The ongoing coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID‐19) pandemic strained medical systems worldwide. We report on the impact on pediatric oncology care in…”
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Cáncer infantil: lo que debemos saber by Rodríguez, Amelia, Valdez, Leandry, Vega, Jeyni, Gómez García, Wendy

“…Introducción: el cáncer representa una de las principales causas de muerte en niños, niñas y adolescentes a nivel global, el cual es superado escasamente por…”
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Palliative Care: From Global to Local Needs by Gómez García, Wendy Cristhyna, Torres Núñez, Marleni Regalada

“…Abstract Palliative care (PC) is a comprehensive approach that focuses on improving the quality of life of patients and families that face fatal diseases by…”
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Pediatric Oncology Palliative Care Programs in Central America: Pathways to Success by Gómez García, Wendy Cristhyna, Rivas, Silvia, Paz, Gabriela, Bustamante, Marisol, Castro, Gerardo, Gutiérrez, Hazel, Ah Chu, Maria Sabina, Gassant, Pascale Yola, Larin Lovo, Rolando, Gamboa, Yessika, Torres Núñez, Marleni, García Quintero, Ximena, Okhuysen-Cawley, Regina

“…Palliative care offers children who have life-limiting and life-threatening oncologic illnesses and their families improved quality of life. In some instances,…”
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Model for regional collaboration: Successful strategy to implement a pediatric early warning system in 36 pediatric oncology centers in L atin A merica by Agulnik, Asya, Gonzalez Ruiz, Alejandra, Muniz‐Talavera, Hilmarie, Carrillo, Angela K., Cárdenas, Adolfo, Puerto‐Torres, Maria F., Garza, Marcela, Conde, Tania, Soberanis Vasquez, Dora J., Méndez Aceituno, Alejandra, Acuña Aguirre, Carlos, Alfonso, Yvania, Álvarez Arellano, Shillel Yahamy, Argüello Vargas, Deiby, Batista, Rosario, Blasco Arriaga, Erika Esther, Chávez Rios, Mayra, Cuencio Rodríguez, María Elena, Fing Soto, Ever Amilcar, Gómez‐García, Wendy, Guillén Villatoro, Rafael H., Gutiérrez Rivera, María de Lourdes, Herrera Almanza, Martha, Jimenez Antolinez, Yajaira V., Juárez Tobias, Maria Susana, López Facundo, Norma Araceli, Martínez Soria, Ruth Angélica, Miller, Kenia, Miralda, Scheybi, Morales, Roxana, Negroe Ocampo, Natalia, Osuna, Alejandra, Pascual Morales, Claudia, Pérez Fermin, Clara Krystal, Pérez Alvarado, Carlos M., Pineda, Estuardo, Andrés Portilla, Carlos, Rios López, Ligia Estefanía, Rivera, Jocelyn, Sagaón Olivares, Arely Saraí, Saguay Tacuri, Mélida Cristina, Salas Mendoza, Beatriz T., Solano Picado, Ivel, Soto Chávez, Verónica, Tejocote Romero, Isidoro, Tatay, Daniel, Teixeira Costa, Juliana, Villanueva, Erika, Villegas Pacheco, Marielba, McKay, Virginia R., Metzger, Monika L., Friedrich, Paola, Rodriguez‐Galindo, Carlos

“…Proyecto EVAT is a multicenter, multinational quality‐improvement collaborative that supported successful regional implementation and scale‐up of an…”
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1681. Assessment of the Impact of Infectious Events in a Cohort of Pediatric Leukemia Patients in the Dominican Republic by Burns, Julianne E, Reyes Pérez, Dominga, Li, Yimei, Gómez García, Wendy, Garcia, F Jay, Penélope Gil Jiménez, Johanna, Castillo Bueno, María, Sánchez, Jacqueline, Hunger, Stephen P, Deverlis, Adriana, Steenhoff, Andrew P, Fisher, Brian T

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Advancing pediatric palliative care in a low-middle income country: an implementation study, a challenging but not impossible task by Garcia-Quintero, Ximena, Parra-Lara, Luis Gabriel, Claros-Hulbert, Angelica, Cuervo-Suarez, Maria Isabel, Gomez-Garcia, Wendy, Desbrandes, Francois, Arias-Casais, Natalia

“…Background The disparities in access to pediatric palliative care and pain management in Latin America remains an unaddressed global health issue. Efforts to…”
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Impact of hospital characteristics on implementation of a Pediatric Early Warning System in resource-limited cancer hospitals by Abutineh, Farris, Graetz, Dylan E, Muniz-Talavera, Hilmarie, Ferrara, Gia, Puerto-Torres, Maria, Chen, Yichen, Gillipelli, Srinithya R, Elish, Paul, Gonzalez-Ruiz, Alejandra, Alfonso Carreras, Yvania, Alvarez, Shillel, Arce Cabrera, Daniela, Arguello Vargas, Deiby, Armenta Cruz, Miriam, Barra, Camila, Calderon Sotelo, Patricia, Carpio, Zulma, Chavez Rios, Mayra, Covarrubias, Daniela, de Leon Vasquez, Lucy, Diaz Coronado, Rosdali, Fing Soto, Ever Amilcar, Gomez-Garcia, Wendy, Hernandez, Cinthia, Juarez Tobias, María Susana, Leon, Esmeralda, Loeza Oliva, Jose de Jesus, Mendez, Alejandra, Miller, Kenia, Montalvo Cozar, Erika, Negroe Ocampo, Natalia Del Carmen, Penafiel, Eulalia, Pineda, Estuardo, Rios, Ligia, Rodriguez Ordonez, Esperanza, Soto Chavez, Veronica, Devidas, Meenakshi, Agulnik, Asya

“…Pediatric Early Warning Systems (PEWS) aid in identification of deterioration in hospitalized children with cancer but are underutilized in resource-limited…”
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Early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cancer care in Latin America by Vasquez, Liliana, Sampor, Claudia, Villanueva, Gabriela, Maradiegue, Essy, Garcia-Lombardi, Mercedes, Gomez-García, Wendy, Moreno, Florencia, Diaz, Rosdali, Cappellano, Andrea M, Portilla, Carlos Andres, Salas, Beatriz, Nava, Evelinda, Brizuela, Silvia, Jimenez, Soledad, Espinoza, Ximena, Gassant, Pascale Yola, Quintero, Karina, Fuentes-Alabi, Soad, Velasquez, Thelma, Fu, Ligia, Gamboa, Yessika, Quintana, Juan, Castiglioni, Mariela, Nuñez, Cesar, Moreno, Arturo, Luna-Fineman, Sandra, Luciani, Silvana, Chantada, Guillermo

“…Preparation for the pandemic throughout Latin America, in terms of hospital capacity, human resources, and testing capacity is, however, heterogeneous.7 In…”
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The Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries—Part One (TH320) by Ghoshal, Arunangshu, MD, Gomez Garcia, Wendy Cristhyna, MD, Kumar, Abhishek, MBBS DPH CCPPM

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Physician Perceptions of Palliative Care for Children With Cancer in Latin America by McNeil, Michael J, Ehrlich, Bella S, Wang, Huiqi, Vedaraju, Yuvanesh, Bustamante, Marisol, Dussel, Veronica, Friedrich, Paola, Garcia Quintero, Ximena, Gillipelli, Srinithya R, Gomez Garcia, Wendy, Graetz, Dylan E, Kaye, Erica C, Metzger, Monika L, Sabato Danon, Carla Vittoria, Devidas, Meenakshi, Baker, Justin N, Agulnik, Asya

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) designates early integration of palliative care as an ethical responsibility in the treatment of children with serious…”
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Ideal vs Actual Timing of Palliative Care Integration for Children With Cancer in Latin America by McNeil, Michael J, Ehrlich, Bella, Wang, Huiqi, Bustamante, Marisol, Dussel, Veronica, Friedrich, Paola, Garcia Quintero, Ximena, Gillipelli, Srinithya R, Gómez García, Wendy, Graetz, Dylan, Kaye, Erica C, Metzger, Monika, Sabato Danon, Carla Vittoria, Devidas, Meenakshi, Baker, Justin N, Agulnik, Asya

“…Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) for children with cancer is critical for the quality of life of both patient and family. To improve access…”
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Metronomic Chemotherapy for Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Survey of Current Practices and Opinions of Pediatric Oncologists by Revon-Rivière, Gabriel, Banavali, Shripad, Heississen, Laila, Gomez Garcia, Wendy, Abdolkarimi, Babak, Vaithilingum, Manickavallie, Li, Chi-Kong, Leung, Ping Chung, Malik, Prabhat, Pasquier, Eddy, Epelman, Sidnei, Chantada, Guillermo, André, Nicolas

“…Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience the burden of 80% of new childhood cancer cases worldwide, with cure rates as low as 10% in some countries…”
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Addressing childhood cancer: actions taken in the Dominican Republic by Gómez García, Wendy C, de la Rosa, Andelys, Batista, Vhania, Matos de Purcell, Alexandra

“…This report provides a summary of childhood cancer and the efforts made in the Dominican Republic to address child and adolescent cancer in line with the World…”
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