In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Lillian Sung of the Hospital for Sick Children will present “Improving Symptom Control in Pediatric Cancer Patients With SSPedi and SPARK.”
The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 1:00 pm eastern.
The Symptom Screening in Pediatrics Tool (SSPedi) is a validated approach to measuring bothersome symptoms in pediatric patients receiving cancer treatments. SPARK is a web-based application that builds on SSPedi and consists of a symptom screening component and clinical practice guidelines.
Sung is the Canada Research Chair in Paediatric Oncology Supportive Care and the chief clinical data scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto.