Table 1.
Aim | To understand patients’, parents’, and health professionals’ perspectives, experiences and support/training needs | |||
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ZERO PROGRAM | ||||
Study | PRISMa | ZERO2b | PREDICTc | SMOC-Juniord |
Testing and surveillance offered | Germline and somatic sequencing as part of a precision medicine program | Germline and somatic sequencing as part of a precision medicine program | Trio-based genomic sequencing to diagnose cancer predisposition | Surveillance involving WB-MRI |
Patient population | Children (age < 21) with poor prognosis cancer at diagnosis, relapse, progression | Children (age < 25) with cancer at diagnosis, relapse, progression | Children (age < 21) with cancer at diagnosis | Children (age < 18) with a cancer predisposition syndrome |
PSS participants | Patients (age ≥ 12), parents, health professionals | Patients (age ≥ 12) and parents | ||
PSS methods | Longitudinal, mixed methods |
aThe PRecISion Medicine for Children with Cancer (PRISM) study.
bZERO2, the Next iteration of the PRISM study expanded to all diagnoses.
cThe cancer PREDisposition In Childhood by Trio-based whole-genome sequencing (PREDICT) study.
dSurveillance study in Multi-Organ Cancer predisposition syndromes in pediatrics (SMOC-Junior).