When I was given a diagnosis of cancer, my first thought was not, Will I die? but rather, How can I beat this? Like a youngster who flunks a big test, I immediately began to worry about what to do 

Seasons of survival: reflections of a physician with cancer.

Introduces a multidimensional framework for examining the development and adaptation of children with chronic illness, encompassing biomedical, psychological, and socio-ecological factors. Illnesses discussed are asthma, cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, sickle cell disease and spina bifida.

Adaptation to Chronic Childhood Illness

THE "nonspecific" inflammatory bowel diseases include ulcerative colitis and proctitis and Crohn's disease of the gastrointestinal tract. Their causes and precise relations remain obscure, and thei...

Recent developments in nonspecific inflammatory bowel disease (second of two parts).

RhD haemolytic disease of the fetus and the newborn.

Psychosocial issues in adolescents with cancer

Clinical and occult testicular leukemia in long-term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Intrauterine fetal transfusion, 1965–1976, with an assessment of the surviving children

Thrombin - endothelial cell interactions: Critical importance of endothelial cell vessel of origin

The school behavior of children with cancer and hemophilia is a relatively new area of interest and investigation. Children with cancer have been described as having increased school absenteeism and a self-protecting posture. The school behavior and achievement of children with cancer and hemophilia were rated by their teachers before and after first being seen in a large pediatric center. No pre-vs-post diagnosis differences were noted on academic and behavior ratings with either the cancer or hemophilia children. School absenteeism for the children with cancer was four times greater than that of healthy children, and absenteeism of children with hemophilia was twice normal. A substantial percentage of children with cancer was rated as having academic performance affected to at least a moderate degree. The school performance and behavior of children with cancer and hemophilia need to be monitored and appropriate educational adjustment made to accommodate the limitations imposed by these medical conditions.

C. Thomas Kisker

Papers

Clinical and occult testicular leukemia in long-term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Intrauterine fetal transfusion, 1965–1976, with an assessment of the surviving children

Thrombin - endothelial cell interactions: Critical importance of endothelial cell vessel of origin

School Behavior and Attendance during the First Year of Treatment for Childhood Cancer.

Achievement and Intelligence Test-Retest Performance in Pediatric Cancer Patients at Diagnosis and One Year Later