Child Cancer Smart publications
Clinical presentation of childhood soft tissue sarcomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ni Cheallaigh L, Liu JF, Fern L, Winyard P, Walker D, Ball-Gamble A, Shanmugavadivel D. Arch Dis Child. 2024 Jan 22;109(2):113-120. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325875
Spotting childhood abdominal tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical presentation
Ni Cheallaigh L, Liu J, Ball-Gamble A, et al. Spotting childhood abdominal tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical presentation. Archives of Disease in Childhood Published Online First: 05 October 2025. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2025-329097
Quantifying diagnostic intervals and routes to diagnosis for children and young people with cancer in the UK (Childhood Cancer Diagnosis study, CCD): a population-based observational study
Shanmugavadivel D, Liu J-F, Ritzmann TA, et al. Quantifying diagnostic intervals and routes to diagnosis for children and young people with cancer in the UK (Childhood Cancer Diagnosis study, CCD): a population-based observational study. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe 2025;54 doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101329
Clinical presentation of bone tumours in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Liu J-F, Shanmugavadivel D, Ball-Gamble A, et al. Clinical presentation of bone tumours in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2025;110(8):622. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327879
Clinical presentation of childhood soft tissue sarcomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ni Cheallaigh L, Liu J-F, Fern L, et al. Clinical presentation of childhood soft tissue sarcomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2024;109(2):113. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325875
Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process
Shanmugavadivel D, Liu JF, Gamble A, et al. Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process. BMJ Paediatr Open 2023;7(1) doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001771
Childhood bone tumours in primary care: helping GPs to identify ‘the needle in the haystack’
Shanmugavadivel D, Liu J-F, Ball-Gamble A, et al. Childhood bone tumours in primary care: helping GPs to identify ‘the needle in the haystack’. British Journal of General Practice 2023;73(733):377. doi: 10.3399/bjgp23X734673
Public awareness of childhood, teenager and young adult cancer signs and symptoms in Great Britain: a cross-sectional survey
Liu J-F, Shanmugavadivel D, Ball-Gamble A, et al. Public awareness of childhood, teenager and young adult cancer signs and symptoms in Great Britain: a cross-sectional survey. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2023;108(12):987. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325841
The Childhood Cancer Diagnosis (CCD) Study: a UK observational study to describe referral pathways and quantify diagnostic intervals in children and young people with cancer
Shanmugavadivel D, Liu J-F, Ball-Gamble A, et al. The Childhood Cancer Diagnosis (CCD) Study: a UK observational study to describe referral pathways and quantify diagnostic intervals in children and young people with cancer. BMJ Open 2022;12(2):e058744. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058744
Multicentre service evaluation of presentation of newly diagnosed cancers and type 1 diabetes in children in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
Williams G, McLean R, Liu JF, et al. Multicentre service evaluation of presentation of newly diagnosed cancers and type 1 diabetes in children in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Paediatr Open 2021;5(1):e001078. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001078
‘Even now as a Mum, I do not know what ‘just viral’ means’: parental perceptions of childhood cancer, the ChIP study
Shanmugavadivel S, Liu J-F, Ranasinghe N, et al. ‘Even now as a Mum, I do not know what ‘just viral’ means’: parental perceptions of childhood cancer, the ChIP study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2023;108(Suppl 2):A285. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-rcpch.451
Childhood, teenagers and young adult cancer symptom awareness amongst future doctors
Liu J-F, Shanmugavadivel D, Callcut A, et al. Childhood, teenagers and young adult cancer symptom awareness amongst future doctors. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106(Suppl 1):A266. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-rcpch.463
Neuroblastoma and retinoblastoma and in children and young people – a systematic review of presentation symptoms and awareness amongst future doctors
Callcut A, Taylor E, Liu J-F, et al. Neuroblastoma and retinoblastoma and in children and young people – a systematic review of presentation symptoms and awareness amongst future doctors. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106(Suppl 1):A270. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-rcpch.470
Presentation of B-cell lymphoma in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Saatci D, Zhu C, Harnden A, et al. Presentation of B-cell lymphoma in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer 2024;24(1):718. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12372-w
Clinical presentation of childhood leukaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Clarke RT, Van den Bruel A, Bankhead C, et al. Clinical presentation of childhood leukaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016;101(10):894. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311251
International benchmarking of stage at diagnosis for six childhood solid tumours (the BENCHISTA project): a population-based, retrospective cohort study
Botta Laura, Aitken, Joanne et al. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Volume 9, Issue 2, 89 - 99
CCLG referral guidance
CCLG referral guidance for suspected cancer in children and young people is a supporting resource for NICE guideline NG12 'Suspected cancer: recognition and referral'.