The Toronto Paediatric Cancer Stage Guidelines are a compendium of staging systems developed to facilitate collection of consistent and comparable data on stage at diagnosis for childhood cancers by cancer registries. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• August 2023

Standard-risk WNT medulloblastoma patients have an excellent prognosis using the combination of standard dose craniospinal radiotherapy (CSI) followed by platinum and alkylator based chemotherapy. A recent pilot study that attempted to completely omit radiotherapy was terminated early as all patients relapsed rapidly. The study highlights that therapy is the most important prognostic factor, with CSI still required to cure even the most favorable subgroup of medulloblastoma patients.  ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• December 2023

COVID-19 has had far-reaching impacts including changes in work, travel, social structures, education, and healthcare. This study aimed to explore the experiences of parents of children receiving treatment for cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• February 2022

There is scant literature about the management of stillbirth and the subsequent risk of severe maternal morbidity (SMM). We aimed to assess the risk of SMM associated with stillbirths compared with live births and whether this differed by the presence of maternal comorbidities. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• September 2022

The present study analyzed the concurrent and longitudinal relations among cognitive flexibility, theory of mind, and hyperactivity/inattention. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• January 2014

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a diagnostic term for severe neurodevelopmental impairments that result from brain damage caused by alcohol ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Research Impact
• 2022
• Research translation

First Nations Peoples endure disproportionate rates of stillbirth compared with non-First Nations Peoples. Previous interventions have aimed at reducing stillbirth in First Nations Peoples and providing better bereavement care without necessarily understanding the perceptions, knowledge and beliefs that could influence the design of the intervention and implementation.  ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• April 2024

Genetic predisposition to proteome instability may be a determinant in the pathogenesis of paediatric brain cancers ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• April 2020

This article summarizes data from collaborative group and institutional trials that have advanced the science of pediatric brain tumors. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• August 2015

Relatively disadvantaged children might benefit more from attending childcare, as indicated by the positive estimated effects found for those who never attended childcare ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• March 2019