Children's views on their involvement in clinical research.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS), a rare vascular sarcoma with a clinically indolent course, frequently presents with metastases. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a promising therapeutic target. In a phase-II trial of the VEGF receptor inhibitor cediranib for adults with ASPS, the partial respon...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cohen JW,Widemann BC,Derdak J,Dombi E,Goodwin A,Dompierre J,Onukwubiri U,Steinberg SM,O'Sullivan Coyne G,Kummar S,Chen AP,Glod J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although screening for familial retinoblastoma has been shown to be beneficial we suspected that such screening programs may be less than optimal in developing countries (DC). METHODS:Retrospective cohort study comparing patients with familial retinoblastoma from five centers in DC (Argentina, Brazil, Turke...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chantada GL,Dunkel IJ,Qaddoumi I,Antoneli CB,Totah A,Canturk S,Nawaiseh I,Fandiño A,Pífano I,Peksayar G,Ribeiro KB,Abramson DH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two survivors of Wilms tumor (WT) who developed inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). The first patient had IMT in the mainstem bronchus 1 year after WT therapy that included vincristine, dactinomycin, doxorubicin (VDA) and whole lung radiation therapy (XRT). The second patient had IMT in the cecum 7 yea...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ortiz MV,Rossi CT,Hill DA,Guzzetta PC,Qureshi F,Dome JS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood, and the outcomes for children with high-risk and relapsed disease remain poor. However, new international strategies for risk stratification and for treatment based on novel tumor targets and including immunotherapy are being employed in attempts ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Zage PE,Louis CU,Cohn SL

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer among infants (<1 year old) has unique epidemiologic, clinical, and genetic characteristics compared with cancer in older children. Nonetheless, data on secular trends in infant cancer incidence and survival in the United States is sparse. METHODS:Population-based data from nine areas of the Surveill...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Wang H,Mejia MC,Gonzalez SJ,Zoorob RJ,Chai W,Du XL

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although chemotherapy has improved outcome of osteosarcoma, 30-40% of patients succumb to this disease. Survivors experience substantial morbidity and mortality from anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. We hypothesized that the cardioprotectant dexrazoxane would (i) support escalation of the cumulative doxo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schwartz CL,Wexler LH,Krailo MD,Teot LA,Devidas M,Steinherz LJ,Goorin AM,Gebhardt MC,Healey JH,Sato JK,Meyers PA,Grier HE,Bernstein ML,Lipshultz SE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion(I)/deletion(D) polymorphism influences the outcome of a number of cardiovascular diseases. ACE I/D polymorphism was investigated by PCR in 207 pediatric cancer patients and 144 controls. ACE I/D distribution of patients and controls was similar. The frequency of the D...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bárdi E,Jenei C,Kiss C

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress has been made in resource-limited countries in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but advances in solid malignancies have been slower. Multidisciplinary care coordination is challenging, assessing adherence to guidelines through quality improvement initiatives is essential. We characterized deviations fro...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Power-Hays A,Friedrich P,Fernandez G,Cruz NA,Marcus K,Rodriguez-Galindo C,Collado L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for novel mechanisms that contribute to the pathophysiology of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), we determined the whole blood gene expression profile in five ITP patients and five control samples. Using DNA microarrays that contained 24,473 unique putative genes, we found 176 cDNAs that were strong...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sood R,Wong W,Jeng M,Zehnder JL

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old male with chronic granulomatous disease, who was transplanted with bone marrow and exhibited increasing mixed chimerism, subsequently received two donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI). Two weeks after the second DLI, the patient developed acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and progressive pancytopenia tha...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kato I,Umeda K,Awaya T,Yui Y,Niwa A,Fujino H,Matsubara H,Watanabe K,Heike T,Adachi N,Endo F,Mizukami T,Nunoi H,Nakahata T,Adachi S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid extracranial tumor in childhood. Despite advances in therapy, the prognosis is poor and optimized therapies are urgently needed. Therefore, we investigated the antitumor potential of interleukin-15 (IL-15)-activated cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells against diffe...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cappel C,Huenecke S,Suemmerer A,Erben S,Rettinger E,Pfirrmann V,Heinze A,Zimmermann O,Klingebiel T,Ullrich E,Bader P,Bremm M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood cancer is relatively rare and tends to present specific age distribution, as a prognostic factor for some of these diseases. Information on how young age affects prognosis, response to chemotherapy, and local control options in children versus AYA with osteosarcoma (OST) is minimal. METHODS:In ord...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Eleutério SJ,Senerchia AA,Almeida MT,Da Costa CM,Lustosa D,Calheiros LM,Barreto JH,Brunetto AL,Macedo CR,Petrilli AS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As increasing numbers of childhood cancer patients are surviving, the long-term complications of the disease and its treatment have become ever more increasingly important. Reduced bone mineral density and increased fracture risk have been reported during and after treatment of children with cancer. The causes of oste...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： van der Sluis IM,van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult patients, amifostine appears to ameliorate cisplatin-related nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity. We assessed the safety and efficacy of amifostine in 11 children with newly diagnosed medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor treated with radiotherapy and vincristine, lomustine, and cisplatin. Amifostine was...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Fisher MJ,Lange BJ,Needle MN,Janss AJ,Shu HK,Adamson PC,Phillips PC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy often develop anemia, which can increase the risk for transfusions and fatigue. The recombinant erythropoiesis-stimulating agent darbepoetin alfa can effectively treat chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA) in adults, but limited data are available regarding its use in pedi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Blumer J,Berg S,Adamson PC,Loew T,Rossi G,Hastings C

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A desperate need for novel therapies in pediatric ependymoma (EPN) exists, as chemotherapy remains ineffective and radiotherapy often fails. EPN have significant infiltration of immune cells, which correlates with outcome. Immune checkpoint inhibitors provide an avenue for new treatments. This study characte...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Witt DA,Donson AM,Amani V,Moreira DC,Sanford B,Hoffman LM,Handler MH,Levy JMM,Jones KL,Nellan A,Foreman NK,Griesinger AM

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:The Children's Oncology Group (COG) is a multi-institutional cooperative group dedicated to childhood cancer research that has helped to increase the survival of children with cancer through clinical trials. These clinical trials include a standardized regimen of imaging examinations performed prior to, during, and fo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Meyer JS,Nadel HR,Marina N,Womer RB,Brown KL,Eary JF,Gorlick R,Grier HE,Randall RL,Lawlor ER,Lessnick SL,Schomberg PJ,Kailo MD

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucocorticoids and asparaginase, used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), can cause hypertriglyceridemia. We compared triglyceride levels, risk factors, and associated toxicities in two ALL trials at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital with identical glucocorticoid regimens, but different asparag...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Finch ER,Smith CA,Yang W,Liu Y,Kornegay NM,Panetta JC,Crews KR,Molinelli AR,Cheng C,Pei D,Ramsey LB,Karol SE,Inaba H,Sandlund JT,Metzger M,Evans WE,Jeha S,Pui CH,Relling MV

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to investigate factors affecting response to everolimus, a mammalian-target-of-rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, of subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGA) in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). METHODS:The study group consisted of 15 children with a diagnosis of TSC-relat...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Trelinska J,Dachowska I,Kotulska K,Baranska D,Fendler W,Jozwiak S,Mlynarski W

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic epithelial neoplasms consist of thymomas, thymic carcinoids, and thymic carcinomas. Carcinomas are malignant tumors of the thymus characterized by obvious cytological anaplasia. They constitute only 4%-14% of thymic epithelial neoplams. Thymic carcinoma rarely occurs in children. Research in the English literat...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yaris N,Nas Y,Cobanoglu U,Yavuz MN

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection in neutropenic children is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children treated for cancer. In developing countries, children with cancer are often malnourished at diagnosis. In Blantyre, Malawi, children with Burkitt lymphoma are treated with a local protocol with limited toxicity. The aim...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Israëls T,van de Wetering MD,Hesseling P,van Geloven N,Caron HN,Molyneux EM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system (CNS) malignancies are the most common solid tumors among children, and novel therapies are needed to help improve survival. Pomalidomide is an immunomodulatory agent that displays antiangiogenic and cytotoxic activity, making it an appropriate candidate to explore in pediatric CNS tum...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Fangusaro J,Mitchell DA,Kocak M,Robinson GW,Baxter PA,Hwang EI,Huang J,Onar-Thomas A,Dunkel IJ,Fouladi M,Warren KE

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess safety and tolerability, we administered valacyclovir, an oral anti-viral medication that inhibits erythrocyte sickling in vitro, to 14 subjects with sickle-cell anemia for 1 week at a standard dose of 1,000 mg every 8 hr. No clinically significant adverse effects occurred. In 11 subjects in steady state, th...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ender KL,DeBellis RH,Erlanger BF,Billote GB,Brittenham GM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) is known for its propensity to metastasize to bone, but it also spreads to other sites including the brain. This study was undertaken to describe the treatment and outcomes of patients with recurrent CCSK involving the brain. METHODS:A retrospective records review was...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Radulescu VC,Gerrard M,Moertel C,Grundy PE,Mathias L,Feusner J,Diller L,Dome JS

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since there is no validated assay to monitor disease in children with neuroblastoma (NB), we tested whether NB specific cell-free RNA could be detected in their plasma samples. Moreover, with the aim of reducing patients' discomfort, we compared this assay to a recently standardized procedure that uses a lar...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Corrias MV,Pistorio A,Cangemi G,Tripodi G,Carlini B,Scaruffi P,Fardin P,Garaventa A,Pistoia V,Haupt R

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy associated with morbidity and mortality. We sought to understand family planning intentions of parents of young children with SCD including the awareness of three reproductive options (adoption, in vitro fertilization with egg/sperm donatio...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schultz CL,Tchume-Johnson T,Jackson T,Enninful-Eghan H,Schapira MM,Smith-Whitley K

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA) has been successfully used in children to treat refractory Langerhans cell histiocytosis and juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) as salvage therapy. Although 2-CdA is generally well-tolerated, with temporary myelosuppression as the primary dose-limiting toxicity, prolonged myelosuppressive, a...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yamada K,Yasui M,Sawada A,Inoue M,Nakayama M,Kawa K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conflicting data exist regarding whether low bone mineral density (BMD) is associated with Fanconi anemia (FA). The current study identified the frequency of low BMD in FA, expecting low BMD even in childhood and before HCT. PROCEDURE:Thirty-seven FA patients (18 prior HCT, 19 no prior HCT), participating i...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rose SR,Rutter MM,Mueller R,Harris M,Hamon B,Bulluck AF,Smith FO

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an increasingly common problem. We hypothesized that VTE occurs most commonly in tertiary care settings and that the pattern of associated illnesses may have changed from earlier reports. METHODS:The Kids' Inpatient Database 2006 was utilized to identify children ≤ ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Setty BA,O'Brien SH,Kerlin BA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00