Simona Rinieri

• Medical Doctor at Arcispedale Sant'Anna

Nutritional status plays a crucial role in the mortality rates of the pediatric oncology patients. However, there is a lack of systematic approaches for nutritional assessment in this population. This study aims to assess the current practice for nutritional assessment and care of pediatric cancer patients in Italy. A 25-items web-based, nation-wid...

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the clinical impact and outcome of the SARS-CoV-2 infection on children with cancer or those who received a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Methods AIEOP (Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology) performed a nationwide multicenter observational cohort study, including co...

Background Gaucher disease (GD) diagnosis can be delayed due to non-specific symptoms and lack of awareness, leading to unnecessary procedures and irreversible complications. GAU-PED study aims to assess GD prevalence in a high-risk pediatric population and the presence, if any, of novel clinical or biochemical markers associated with GD. Material...

Unlabelled: Music therapy (MT) is a complementary therapy offered to children, young adults, and their families in pediatric oncology and palliative care. We performed a survey to collect information about MT in pediatric oncology in Italy. The outbreak of COVID-19 unavoidably changed the scenario of MT, suggesting some considerations presented in...

Background: Music therapy (MT) is a complementary therapy offered to children, young adults and their families in pediatric oncology and palliative care. We performed a survey to collect information about MT in pediatric oncology in Italy. The outbreak of COVID-19 unavoidably changed the scenario of MT, suggesting some considerations presented in t...

Identify a subset of early-stage HL children (GR1) curable with limited chemotherapy+/-radiotherapy; improve outcome of intermediate (GR2) and high-risk (GR3) patients; establish impact of response to chemotherapy evaluated with conventional imaging (CI). One hundred and sixty GR1-patients received 3ABVD + involved-field (IF) low-dose (LD) (20 Gy)...

The peroneal nerve is frequently involved in cases of lesions or entrapment in the lower limb. In literature, only few cases have been reported on peroneal nerve compression by a benign bone growth, such as exostosis. We report the case of a 13 year old adolescent boy, who presented incomplete left peroneal nerve palsy with first toe extension defi...