Treatment of intestinal and hepatic mucormycosis in an immunocompromized child.

abstract：:We report successful bone marrow transplantation in an 11-year-old male with chronic myeloid leukemia from his HLA-identical sibling selected by preimplantation HLA testing. Because collection of cord blood failed, the transplantation was performed when the donor reached the age of 19 months, and sufficient bone marro...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Goussetis E,Constantoulakis P,Kitra V,Peristeri I,Mastrominas M,Baka M,Papadimitropoulos M,Karamolegos C,Paisiou A,Vasilatou-Kosmidis H,Graphakos S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatogonial stem cells open novel strategies for preservation of testicular tissue and fertility preservation in boys and men exposed to gonadotoxic therapies. This review provides an update on the physiology of spermatogonial stem cells in rodent and primate testes. Species-specific differences must be considered ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schlatt S,Ehmcke J,Jahnukainen K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) treated with asparaginase and corticosteroids are at risk of developing severe lipid abnormalities. The authors report the case of a 10-year-old male with extremely high plasma triglyceride concentrations (4,000 mg/dl) during the induction phase of ALL associ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ridola V,Buonuomo PS,Maurizi P,Putzulu R,Annunziata ML,Pietrini D,Riccardi R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastomas (MB) are classified in four subgroups: the well defined WNT and Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) subgroups, and the less defined groups 3 and 4. They occasionally occur in the context of a cancer predisposition syndrome. While germline APC mutations predispose to WNT MB, germline mutations in SUFU, PTCH1, and TP5...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bourdeaut F,Miquel C,Richer W,Grill J,Zerah M,Grison C,Pierron G,Amiel J,Krucker C,Radvanyi F,Brugieres L,Delattre O

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody therapy has become standard of care for adult B cell lymphoma patients. It is a potentially less toxic and more targeted approach for lymphoma therapy and should therefore be applied to treat pediatric B cell lymphoma patients as well. In pediatric lymphoma patients, however, clinical experience with monoclon...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： van Vuren A,Meyer-Wentrup F

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diverse panel of pediatric cancer advocates and experts, whose collective experience spans the continuum of international academic medicine, industry, government research, and cancer advocacy, recently discussed challenges for pediatric cancer research in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Specifica...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Auletta JJ,Adamson PC,Agin JE,Kearns P,Kennedy S,Kieran MW,Ludwinski DM,Knox LJ,McKay K,Rhiner P,Thiele CJ,Cripe TP

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cancer-related pain in children is prevalent and undermanaged. Mobile health (mHealth) applications provide a promising avenue to address the gap in pain management in children with cancer. Pain Buddy is a multicomponent mHealth application developed to manage cancer-related pain in children. The goal of thi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hunter JF,Acevedo AM,Gago-Masague S,Kain A,Yun C,Torno L,Jenkins BN,Fortier MA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute splenic sequestration crisis (ASSC) is a hematological emergency in young children with sickle cell disease (SCD), characterized by worsening anemia and splenomegaly, usually with reticulocytosis and thrombocytopenia. Transient aplastic crisis (TAC) due to parvovirus B19 infection occurs in older children with S...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yates AM,Hankins JS,Mortier NA,Aygun B,Ware RE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate efficacy, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics of single-agent everolimus in pediatric patients with radiographically progressive low-grade glioma (LGG). METHODS:Everolimus was administered at 5 mg/m2 once daily as a tablet or liquid for a planned 48-week duration or until unacceptable tox...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Wright KD,Yao X,London WB,Kao PC,Gore L,Hunger S,Geyer R,Cohen KJ,Allen JC,Katzenstein HM,Smith A,Boklan J,Nazemi K,Trippett T,Karajannis M,Herzog C,Destefano J,Direnzo J,Pietrantonio J,Greenspan L,Cassidy D,Sch

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) may be the leading cause of death in β-thalassemia patients; however, its pathophysiologic mechanisms are still unclear. Recent studies indicate that asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) plays a role in the initiation and progression of a variety of diseases, especially the cardiov...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mohamed el-S,Ibrahim B,Amr D,Noha el-K,Mokhtar M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) provides a curative therapy for children severely affected by sickle cell disease (SCD). Rejection-free survival after matched sibling donor (MSD) HSCT is very high, but adoption of HSCT as a curative SCD therapy has been slow. In this study, we assess providers...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Meier ER,Abraham AA,Ngwube A,Janson IA,Guilcher GMT,Horan J,Kasow KA

更新日期：2021-03-01 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：:We report three cases of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in infants within the first 6 weeks of life. Diagnosis of HLH was made early after symptoms started. All three cases were successfully treated with dexamethasone and none relapsed, indicating that not all cases of HLH in very young infants are familial....

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Tanoshima R,Takahashi H,Hokosaki T,Yamaguchi K,Goto S,Kai S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partial nephrectomy (NSS) for unilateral nephroblastoma may be beneficial, although in case of regional lymph node (LN) involvement, radiotherapy counteracts the functional benefit of NSS. The aim is to verify whether decrease of tumor volume under preoperative chemotherapy implies clearance of regional LN. ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Godzinski J,van Tinteren H,de Kraker J,Graf N,Bergeron C,Heij H,von Schweinitz D,Fuchs J,Cecchetto G,Audry G,Gauthier F,Sandstedt B,SIOP Nephroblastoma Trial & Study Committee.

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a malignant tumor of bone and soft tissue of children and young adults. Patients with ES are treated with intensive chemotherapy regimens. We describe predictors of acute chemotherapy-associated toxicity in this population. PROCEDURE:In this retrospective cohort study, records of ES pa...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sharib JM,Cyrus J,Horvai A,Gray Hazard FK,Neuhaus J,Matthay KK,Goldsby R,Marina N,DuBois SG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the level of children's understanding of informed consent in clinical trials and factors that may influence these processes. DESIGN:Twenty nine children who were included in clinical trials for treatment of cancer or HIV, were offered the possibility to complete a semidirective interview, with par...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chappuy H,Doz F,Blanche S,Gentet JC,Tréluyer JM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of body mass index (BMI) on the risk of thromboembolism (TE) in children (<18 years) with hematological malignancies during the period 1990-2009 (n = 359). Obesity was prevalent in 12% of patients: 6% versus 17% prior to and after the year 2000 (P = 0.02). Sixty-one (17%) patients developed TE...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Tuckuviene R,Christensen AL,Chan AK,Athale U

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this retrospective study was to assess protection against vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). PROCEDURE:Clinical characteristics and vaccination records were collected. Antibodies against VPDs were measured after completion of chem...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： de de la Fuente Garcia I,Coïc L,Leclerc JM,Laverdière C,Rousseau C,Ovetchkine P,Tapiéro B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A National Thalassemia Screening Program was adopted in Taiwan in 1993. This report examined that program's results and impact. METHODS:Patients with beta-thalassemia major born between 1994 and 2003 were recruited through the help of all thalassemia clinics in Taiwan. A structured questionnaire was designed...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chern JP,Lin KH,Lu MY,Lin DT,Jou ST,Yang YL,Chang HH,Su S,Lin KS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug shortages require clinical teams to decide how to allocate drugs in limited supply among their patients. Ethical frameworks are invaluable for promoting rational approaches to drug distribution, but gaps remain between ethical theory and clinical application. The goal of this work was to explore how dec...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Russell HV,Bernhardt MB,Berg S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Males have a higher incidence of medulloblastoma (MB) than females, but the effect of gender on survival is unclear. Studies have yielded conflicting results, possibly due to small sample sizes or differences in how researchers defined MB. We aimed to determine the effect of gender on survival in MB using a ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Curran EK,Sainani KL,Le GM,Propp JM,Fisher PG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Germany, about 1,800 new cases of pediatric cancer under 15 years of age are diagnosed each year and survival rates approach 80%. Although treatment is covered by health insurance and is thus available for all patients at no cost, treatment refusal and treatment discontinuation have been observed. However...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Zuzak TJ,Kameda G,Schütze T,Kaatsch P,Seifert G,Bailey R,Längler A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With improvements in therapy for childhood cancer, the expectation that most childhood cancer patients will survive and enter adulthood is a reality. There is clear evidence that survivors are at risk for adverse health-related long-term sequelae associated with their cancer and its treatment, requiring appropriate he...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Friedman DL,Freyer DR,Levitt GA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke is a severe clinical disorder in sickle cell disease (SCD), and few studies have evaluated transcranial Doppler (TCD) flow velocities in hemoglobin SC disease (HbSC). The guidelines for stroke risk are based on evaluations in sickle cell anemia (SCA) or HbS/β thalassemia. PROCEDURE:In this study, we ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Vieira C,de Oliveira CN,de Figueiredo LA,Santiago RP,Adanho CS,Santana SS,Burak CL,Lyra IM,Goncalves MS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undernutrition impacts clinical outcome adversely in children with cancer. This study aimed to validate a nutritional algorithm with specific application to the low- and middle-income country (LMIC) setting. PROCEDURE:Fifty children with a new diagnosis of cancer were enrolled in this randomized interventio...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Totadri S,Trehan A,Mahajan D,Viani K,Barr R,Ladas EJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-concept was compared between adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and sibling controls. Adult survivor subgroups at greatest risk for negative self-concept were identified. PROCEDURE:Survivors (n = 578) aged > or =18 years, treated before age 20 years on Children's Cancer Gro...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Seitzman RL,Glover DA,Meadows AT,Mills JL,Nicholson HS,Robison LL,Byrne J,Zeltzer LK

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary mediastinal germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare in children and still represent a challenge for both adult and pediatric oncologists because of their worse outcome compared to their gonadal counterpart. PROCEDURE:Prospectively collected data concerning patients enrolled in the Italian Association of Pe...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： De Pasquale MD,Crocoli A,Conte M,Indolfi P,D'Angelo P,Boldrini R,Terenziani M,Inserra A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditionally, physicians have believed that limb-salvage surgery has functional and cosmetic advantages over amputation, yet the literature is equivocal. Therefore, we sought to compare the psychosocial and functional outcomes in osteosarcoma survivors after limb-salvage surgery and amputation. We hypothesi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Robert RS,Ottaviani G,Huh WW,Palla S,Jaffe N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and moyamoya may benefit from indirect cerebral revascularization surgery in addition to chronic blood transfusion therapy for infarct prevention. We sought to compare overt and silent infarct recurrence rates in children with SCD undergoing revascularization. METHODS...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hall EM,Leonard J,Smith JL,Guilliams KP,Binkley M,Fallon RJ,Hulbert ML

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of nausea and vomiting after receipt of intrathecal methotrexate (IT-MTX) in pediatric oncology patients is unknown. METHODS:Patients (4-18 years) about to receive IT-MTX were eligible to participate in this prospective, observational study. Patients received antiemetics as prescribed by thei...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Flank J,Nadeem K,Moledina S,Khanna M,Schindera C,Punnett A,Dupuis LL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00