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Childhood brain tumour – Prof. David Walker & David Cartwright (13:36)

In the UK, about 4-500 children every year are diagnosed with brain tumours. However, evidence suggests that the time to diagnosis is longer in the UK than in other parts of Europe and the US. The HeadSmart campaign was established by a collective of healthcare academics, professionals, and charities, with the aim of reducing the time to diagnosis of child brain tumours. In this interview, David Cartwright, talks to Professor David Walker, a Paediatric Oncologist at the University of Nottingham, and Clinical Lead of the HeadSmart campaign about the role optometrists can play in identifying these children.

First published in DOCET OQ85 (2013).

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    References:

    • Dixon-Woods M, Findlay M (2001) Parents’ accounts of obtaining a diagnosis of childhood cancer. Lancet 357(9257), 670-4

    • Wilne SC, Collier J, Kennedy C et al. (2007) Presentation of childhood CNS tumours: a systematic review and meta- analysis. Lancet Oncol 8(8), 685-95

    • Wilne SC, Kennedy C, Jenkins A et al. (2007) Progression from first symptom to diagnosis in childhood brain tumours: a multicentre study (Abstract). Archives of Disease in Childhood 92 (Supp 1), A69

    • Wilne SC, Koller K, Collier J et al. (2010) The diagnosis of brain tumours in children: a guideline to assist healthcare professionals in the assessment of children who may have a brain tumour. Arch Dis Child 95(7), 534-9
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