Topotecan by 21-day continuous infusion in children with relapsed or refractory solid tumors: a Children's Oncology Group study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The death of a child is a devastating event that results in profound grief and significant psychosocial and physical morbidities in parents. The parental grief journey is a complex phenomenon necessitating the utilization of newer models of bereavement with a focus on relationships and exploration of parents...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Snaman JM,Kaye EC,Torres C,Gibson D,Baker JN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was conducted to evaluate oral health and dental anomalies in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and to compare results with those of a group of healthy children matched for sex and age. PROCEDURE:Fifty-six children treated for ALL and 56 healthy controls were examined for de...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Maciel JC,de Castro CG Jr,Brunetto AL,Di Leone LP,da Silveira HE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is an aggressive form of soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) in children. Despite intensive therapy, relatively few children with metastatic and unresectable disease survive beyond three years. RAS pathway activation is common in MPNST, suggesting MEK pathway inhibition ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Butler E,Schwettmann B,Geboers S,Hao G,Kim J,Nham K,Sun X,Laetsch TW,Xu L,Williams NS,Skapek SX

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplastic anemia (AA) is an immune-mediated disease. Although most patients are responsive to immunosuppressive therapy (IST) with a combination of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine (CsA), some patients relapse or are refractory to IST. Sirolimus (rapamysin) inhibits the serine-threonine kinase mammalian t...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： He G,Zhang X,Wu D,Sun A,Wang X

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children and adolescents with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and mature B-cell leukemia (B-ALL) have an excellent prognosis with contemporary chemotherapy stratified according to the histologic subtype and clinical stage of disease. However, a small subset of patients does not respond to front-line therapy or su...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Attarbaschi A,Dworzak M,Steiner M,Urban C,Fink FM,Reiter A,Gadner H,Mann G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer in children. Because of major improvements in treatment protocols, the survival rate now exceeds 80%. However, ALL treatments can cause long-term neurocognitive sequelae, which negatively impact academic achievement and quality of life. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Boulet-Craig A,Robaey P,Laniel J,Bertout L,Drouin S,Krajinovic M,Laverdière C,Sinnett D,Sultan S,Lippé S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor cells frequently contaminate autologous stem cell products in a variety of malignancies, but their clinical significance remains controversial. We retrospectively monitored tumor contamination in stem cell harvests from patients with Ewing family of tumors (EFT) all harboring the specific translocation...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yaniv I,Cohen IJ,Stein J,Zilberstein J,Liberzon E,Atlas O,Grunshpan A,Sverdlov Y,Ash S,Zaizov R,Avigad S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enrollment of patients in sickle cell intervention trials has been challenging due to difficulty in obtaining consent from a legal guardian and lack of collaboration between emergency medicine and hematology. We utilized education and preconsent in a pediatric multisite sickle cell intervention trial to overcome these...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Nimmer M,Czachor J,Turner L,Thomas B,Woodford AL,Carpenter K,Gonzalez V,Liem RI,Ellison A,Casper TC,Brousseau DC,sickle cell working group of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN).

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report a 13-year-old male with Diamond Blackfan anemia and short stature. He had a normal biochemical response to growth hormone (GH) stimulation, but his bone age was delayed, his insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) was low, and he had a poor growth velocity. He was started on daily GH injections. METH...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Scott EG,Haider A,Hord J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypogammaglobulinemia (hypo-IgG) is common early post-HSCT in children, occasionally necessitating long-term immunoglobulin (Ig) G replacement therapy. IgG replacement may not reduce mortality, although infectious complications are decreased PROCEDURE:Clinical data and samples from 86 children were analyzed...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sundin M,Remberger M,Lindqvist H,Omazic B,Sundberg B,Uzunel M,Winiarski J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the incidence, clinical characteristics and survival of malignant tumours of the gastrointestinal tract in children in the West Midlands in Britain over a 44-year span time, to identify any change over this period and to compare the data with the world literature. PROCEDURE:Retrospective popu...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hameed R,Parkes S,Davies P,Morland BJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An adapted LMB 96 derived protocol for B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) was implemented at the pediatric oncology unit of the Children Welfare Teaching Hospital in Baghdad (Iraq) from 2000 to present. The purpose was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of this intensive therapeutic regimen in a limited...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Moleti ML,Al-Hadad SA,Al-Jadiry MF,Al-Darraji AF,Al-Saeed RM,De Vellis A,Piciocchi A,Uccini S,Foà R,Testi AM

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteopenia has been reported in children surviving acute lymphoblastic leukemia and brain tumors, apparently as a consequence of therapy. It has been suggested that cranial irradiation may play a role in the development of this complication. In order to explore that possibility, we examined survivors of brai...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Odame I,Duckworth J,Talsma D,Beaumont L,Furlong W,Webber C,Barr R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although limited data are available about cyclophosphamide disposition in patients with renal insufficiency, nothing has been reported in anephric patients. We characterized cyclophosphamide pharmacokinetics in an anephric child with bilateral Wilms tumor, both on (day 1) and off (day 2) hemodialysis. The median cyclo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： McCune JS,Adams D,Homans AC,Guillot A,Iacono L,Stewart CF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fever and neutropenia (F&N) is a pediatric oncology emergency due to the risk of disseminated infection. Quality improvement (QI) efforts to improve time to antibiotics for F&N in the emergency department have been documented, but the issue has not been studied in the established inpatient setting. PROCEDUR...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Green AL,Yi J,Bezler N,Pikman Y,Tubman VN,Obeng EA,O'Neil T,Mersereau R,Morrissey L,Billett AL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deaths during induction chemotherapy for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) account for one-tenth of ALL-associated mortality and half of ALL treatment-related mortality. We sought to ascertain patient- and hospital-level factors associated with induction mortality. PROCEDURE:We performed a retros...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Seif AE,Fisher BT,Li Y,Torp K,Rheam DP,Huang YS,Harris T,Shah A,Hall M,Fieldston ES,Kavcic M,Vujkovic M,Bailey LC,Kersun LS,Reilly AF,Rheingold SR,Walker DM,Aplenc R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that children with cancer globally lack access to palliative care. Little is known regarding physicians' perceptions of palliative care, treatment access, and self-reported competence in providing palliative care. PROCEDURE:Members of the Global Neuroblastoma Network (online tumor board) ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Balkin EM,Thompson D,Colson KE,Lam CG,Matthay KK

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subspecialty-specific normative values for clinical productivity of practicing pediatric hematologist/oncologists have not been well established. This information could be a useful adjunct in administrative decision-making in areas such as necessary levels of physician staffing and development of compensatio...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Griffin TC,Hutter JJ,Johnson KK,Moscow JA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinoblastoma (Rb) is the most common intraocular primary malignancy in children. In industrialised countries, the cure rate is about 95%. We present the results of a prospective study on the management of Rb in the paediatric oncology unit of Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital and African Institute of Tropica...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Traoré F,Sylla F,Togo B,Kamaté B,Diabaté K,Diakité AA,Diall H,Dicko F,Sylla M,Bey P,Desjardins L,Gagnepain-Lacheteau A,Coze C,Harif M,Doz F

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaires have been validated in children with sickle cell disease (SCD), but small sample sizes in these studies have limited clinical comparisons. We used the baseline clinical data from the Collaborative Data (C-Data) Project of the Comprehensive Sickl...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Dampier C,Lieff S,LeBeau P,Rhee S,McMurray M,Rogers Z,Smith-Whitley K,Wang W,Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers (CSCC) Clinical Trial Consortium (CTC).

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leydig cell tumors account for 3% of testicular tumors and have never been reported after treatment for Ewing's sarcoma. We report the unusual occurrence of a patient who developed a Leydig cell tumor of the testis 18 years after successful treatment for Ewing's sarcoma. Additional monitoring for second malignancies m...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Butros LJ,Phillip S,Chou A,Meyers PA,Huvos AG,Healey JH,Russo P,Gorlick RG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to define the mRNA expression profiles of MYCN, DDX1, TrkA, and TrkC in biopsy tumor samples from 64 Brazilian patients with neuroblastomas of different risk stages and to correlate altered expression with prognostic values. PROCEDURE:Patients were retrospectively classified into...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： de Souza DR,Sanabani SS,de Souza AC,Filho Odone V,Epelman S,Bendit I

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only a few studies have assessed cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs) in childhood cancer survivors. We determined the prevalence of CRFs in long-term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and Wilms tumor. PROCEDURE:Adult survivors of ALL and Wilms tumor treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy (R...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Geenen MM,Bakker PJ,Kremer LC,Kastelein JJ,van Leeuwen FE

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal dose and schedule of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in pediatric allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients remains to be determined. We previously reported safety and pharmacokinetics of MMF at 900 mg/m2 q6h dosing. This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of tacrolimus plus q8h MMF dos...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Militano O,Ozkaynak MF,Mehta B,van deVen C,Hamby C,Cairo MS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with stage IV Wilms tumor (WT) and pulmonary metastases are treated with surgery, local radiotherapy (RT), and whole-lung irradiation (WLI). The Children's Oncology Group is studying whether WLI should only be given if metastatic lung lesions persist following induction chemotherapy. We hypothe...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Farooqi A,Siddiqi A,Khan MK,Esiashvili N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia during induction chemotherapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been inconsistently associated with risk of infection. We investigated the incidence of hyperglycemia during induction for childhood ALL in a retrospective cohort study of 144 patients treated on a single national protocol...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Dare JM,Moppett JP,Shield JP,Hunt LP,Stevens MC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chemotherapy during radiation and/or bone-seeking radioisotope therapy (153-samarium; 1 mCi/kg) during radiation may improve osteosarcoma cancer control. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analyzed our preliminary radiation experience in high-risk, metastatic, and/or recurrent patients during a consecutive period of 20 m...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mahajan A,Woo SY,Kornguth DG,Hughes D,Huh W,Chang EL,Herzog CE,Pelloski CE,Anderson P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the maximum-tolerated duration and dose-limiting toxicity of a daily schedule of orally administered cyclophosphamide and topotecan in pediatric patients with recurrent or refractory malignant solid tumors. METHODS:Patients received oral cyclophosphamide (50 mg/m2/dose) in the morning followed ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bowers DC,Aquino VM,Leavey PJ,Bash RO,Journeycake JM,Tomlinson G,Mulne AF,Haynes HJ,Winick NJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoblastoma (HB) and biliary atresia (BA) are both rare conditions that occurred in the patient described. This is the second such case in the literature. An explanation for this apparent coincidence could possibly be found in the existance of pluripotent liver stem cells. In humans, small epithelial cells (SEC) be...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Taat F,Bosman DK,Aronson DC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to better define the role of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in first remission (CR1) for high-risk pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML). PROCEDURES:Outcomes were compared among patients aged less than 21 years with cytogenetically defined poor-risk AML treated with chemotherapy, matche...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kelly MJ,Horan JT,Alonzo TA,Eapen M,Gerbing RB,He W,Lange BJ,Parsons SK,Woods WG

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00