Dr. Abbott has been at CHEO since 2014 as a member of the division of hematology/oncology. She has a keen interest in sarcomas, lymphomas and post bone marrow transplant patients. Her research focuses are primarily on adolescents and young adult patients with cancer and early phase clinical trial development.
Research Projects
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Impacting the physical activity confidence of children with medical conditions or disabilities: A randomized controlled trial
27/03/2025
Youth with medical conditions or disabilities (MCD) seldom achieve healthy physical activity recommendations. Barriers include a perceived lack of competence, fear of pain/symptom exacerbation, or physical function changes. A 12-week intervention targeting physical activity confidence was evaluated among youth with MCD. The study found that youth who were confident were more likely to engage in physical activity. The in-person intervention increased participants’ activity confidence. The limited impact of the virtual format suggests that implementing new skills with peers is critically important for enhancing activity confidence. Further research is required to evaluate whether confidence gains could be sustained beyond the study intervention, would longitudinally increase activity participation over time, or would transfer to other activity settings.
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Successful treatment of pediatric primary hepatic Burkitt lymphoma using rituximab: A case report
06/08/2021
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Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted MRI Compared to 18 FFDG PET/CT in Initial Staging and Therapy Response Assessment of Hodgkin Lymphoma in Pediatric Patients
01/01/2020
There was poor correlation between the ADC ratios and the absolute change in SUV between baseline and follow-up (0.348).