The harmonization workshops of the leukemia committee of the Société française des cancers de l'enfant (SFCE) aim to establish practical recommendations based on the one hand, on data from the literature and international recommendations and, on the other hand, by consensus in the absence of formally proven data. Adolescent pubescent girls and young adults undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatment may present with heavy uterine bleeding (HUB). Data collected from 25 French centers showed that there was considerable heterogeneity in the management of HUB either in prophylaxis or curative strategy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A diagnosis of childhood cancer has a profound impact on families, especially when treatment requires relocation. Children from the French West Indies (FWI) and French Guiana (FG) are often treated in specialized centers in mainland France, resulting in physical and cultural uprooting that poses unique psychosocial challenges.
Aims: This study explores the impact of uprooting on the dynamics and well-being of these families.