Langerhans cell histiocytosis masquerading as tuberculosis: a diagnostic dilemma resulting in inappropriate anti-tubercular therapy.

abstract：:We evaluated the in vitro glucocorticoid (GC) responsiveness of 117 pediatric acute myeloid leukemia cells by considering GC resistance, GC-induced proliferation, and GC-induced differentiation. None of the samples was highly GC sensitive, and only 15% were intermediately sensitive. GC-induced differentiation was not ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Klein K,Haarman EG,de Haas V,Zwaan ChM,Creutzig U,Kaspers GL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of pediatric neoplasia. Highly heterogeneous, ALL includes several genetic subtypes with varying clinical outcome. Although, some features are well established as prognostic predictors, the details of the molecular mechanisms underlying different phenotypes ar...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： de Oliveira JC,Brassesco MS,Scrideli CA,Tone LG,Narendran A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thiotepa and carboplatin are known to be active in central nervous system tumors. Topotecan potentiates the anti-cancer effects of alkylators and crosses the blood-brain barrier. We present ten patients with recurrent or progressive central nervous system malignancies treated on a myeloablative regimen using...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Gilheeney SW,Khakoo Y,Souweidane M,Wolden S,Boulad F,Dunkel IJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although "aspirin resistance" (AR-inadequate platelet inhibition as suggested by in vitro testing of aspirin-treated patients) has been widely studied in adults and linked to increased risk of adverse outcomes, its prevalence and clinical significance are largely unknown in children. PROCEDURE:To determine ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yee DL,Dinu BR,Sun CW,Edwards RM,Justino H,Teruya J,Bray PF,Bomgaars L

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reaction to methotrexate (MTX) is uncommon. It may occur with the first dose (non-allergic reactions) or after a previous exposure to the drug (allergic or specific reactions). Desensitization has been shown effective in children with allergic-type reactions permitting the continuation of hi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Oulego-Erroz I,Maneiro-Freire M,Bouzón-Alejandro M,Vázquez-Donsión M,Couselo JM

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Neonatal leukemia characterized by early stem cell origin and extramedullary infiltration in the first 4 weeks of life is rare. We analyzed the features and outcome of neonatal leukemia in Japan to establish an appropriate treatment strategy for this rare disorder. PROCEDURE:Patients with infant leukemia re...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ishii E,Oda M,Kinugawa N,Oda T,Takimoto T,Suzuki N,Kosaka Y,Ohara A,Ogawa A,Ishii M,Sakata N,Okamura T,Koike K,Kojima S,Horibe K,Mizutani S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian tumors have a low incidence in childhood, accounting for 1% of malignancies within the ages of 0-17 years. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare histology and historically has a poor prognosis. We report a case of an 11-year-old female diagnosed with small cell carcinoma of the ovary and hypercalcemia (S...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Martinez-Borges AR,Petty JK,Hurt G,Stribling JT,Press JZ,Castellino SM

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prophylactic use of cranial radiation therapy (CRT) in young children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is associated with significant long-term morbidity. Therefore, current treatment protocols for pediatric B-precursor ALL have abandoned prophylactic CRT in favor of intrathecal chemotherapy, combined...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Nathan PC,Maze R,Spiegler B,Greenberg ML,Weitzman S,Hitzler JK

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) due to APC mutation is associated with an increased risk of hepatoblastoma. All cases of hepatoblastoma in patients with FAP reported in the literature were reviewed. One hundred and nine patients were identified. Thirty-five patients (of 49 with data) were diagnosed with hepatobla...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Trobaugh-Lotrario AD,López-Terrada D,Li P,Feusner JH

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoblastoma is a malignant pediatric liver tumor. The currently used diagnostic serum marker for hepatoblastoma, α-fetoprotein (AFP), is not always reliable in infants with hepatoblastoma, due to the physiologically elevated levels of AFP in this age group. In this report, we show that Delta-like 1 homolog (DLK1), ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Falix FA,Aronson DC,Lamers WH,Hiralall JK,Seppen J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SCH 727965 is a novel drug in clinical development that potently and selectively inhibits CDK1, CDK2, CDK5, and CDK9. The activity of SCH 727965 was evaluated against the PPTP's in vitro and in vivo panels. PROCEDURES:SCH 727965 was tested against the PPTP in vitro panel using 96 hours exposure at concentra...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Gorlick R,Kolb EA,Houghton PJ,Morton CL,Neale G,Keir ST,Carol H,Lock R,Phelps D,Kang MH,Reynolds CP,Maris JM,Billups C,Smith MA

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present three pediatric patients with BRAFV600E mutant high-grade gliomas treated by vemurafenib on a nominative authorization level at our institution. One patient with anaplastic ganglioglioma experienced confirmed partial tumor response and significant clinical improvement and she is alive 20 months after start ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bautista F,Paci A,Minard-Colin V,Dufour C,Grill J,Lacroix L,Varlet P,Valteau-Couanet D,Geoerger B

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contemporary descriptions of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) are lacking from sub-Saharan Africa where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are prevalent. METHODS:We describe a prospective cHL cohort in Malawi enrolled from 2013 to 2015. Patients received standardized treatment a...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Westmoreland KD,Stanley CC,Montgomery ND,Kaimila B,Kasonkanji E,El-Mallawany NK,Wasswa P,Mtete I,Butia M,Itimu S,Chasela M,Mtunda M,Chikasema M,Makwakwa V,Kampani C,Dhungel BM,Sanders MK,Krysiak R,Tomoka T,Liomba NG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy with the anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody ch14.18, or dinutuximab, represents an important therapeutic advance in the treatment of pediatric high-risk neuroblastoma and is now considered part of standard of care in this patient population. To date, transverse myelitis as a result of dinutuximab therapy has n...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ding YY,Panzer J,Maris JM,Castañeda A,Gomez-Chiari M,Mora J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tailoring pre-emptive CMV therapy to hematopoietic cell transplant recipients' risk for reactivation could make this approach more cost-effective. To determine the feasibility of creating a risk classification system for this purpose, we analyzed 169 pediatric HCTs involving seropositive recipients or donors. Using ri...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Qayed M,Khurana M,Hilinski J,Gillespie S,McCracken C,Applegate K,Chiang KY,Horan J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLPD), due to the reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), is a serious complication. The risk of the disorder increases with T-cell depletion methods, mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and immunosuppression. In c...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kasow KA,Leung W,Horwitz EM,Woodard P,Handgretinger R,Hale GA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a major complication following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Its diagnosis is based on clinical criteria, which have a limited sensitivity. Increased plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels have been suggested as a marker of VOD. We aimed to prospect...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sartori MT,Cesaro S,Peruzzo M,Messina C,Saggiorato G,Calore E,Pillon M,Varotto S,Spiezia L,Cella G

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Positron emission tomography (PET) and gallium scans facilitate diagnosis and staging, evaluation of response to therapy, and monitoring for relapse in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), but have not been compared in pediatric HL. PROCEDURE:We performed concurrent PET and gallium scans on 44 pediatric HL patients at di...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hines-Thomas M,Kaste SC,Hudson MM,Howard SC,Liu WA,Wu J,Kun LE,Shulkin BL,Krasin MJ,Metzger ML

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of pulmonary dysfunction in pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) survivors and to identify associated risk factors. PROCEDURE:In a cross-sectional study, patients surviving at least 5 years after pediatric HCT were requested to undergo pulmo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hoffmeister PA,Madtes DK,Storer BE,Sanders JE

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on platelet recovery in childhood chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A multi-center randomized controlled trial was conducted. Patients aged 4-18 years, diagnosed with chronic ITP, defined by platelet count belo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Treepongkaruna S,Sirachainan N,Kanjanapongkul S,Winaichatsak A,Sirithorn S,Sumritsopak R,Chuansumrit A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fanconi anemia (FA) predisposes to hematologic disorders and myeloid neoplasia in childhood and to solid cancers, mainly oral carcinomas, in early adulthood. Few cases of solid cancers have been reported in childhood. PROCEDURES:We conducted a national retrospective study of solid tumors occurring in patien...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Malric A,Defachelles AS,Leblanc T,Lescoeur B,Lacour B,Peuchmaur M,Maurage CA,Pierron G,Guillemot D,d'Enghien CD,Soulier J,Stoppa-Lyonnet D,Bourdeaut F

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old girl with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) with persistent minimal residual disease (MRD) who underwent standard chemotherapy was found to have a BCR-ABL1-like gene expression pattern. Genome sequencing revealed a JAK2 mutation not previously described in BCP-ALL and a potential th...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mayfield JR,Czuchlewski DR,Gale JM,Matlawska-Wasowska K,Vasef MA,Nickl C,Pickett G,Ness SA,Winter SS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer diagnoses pose challenges to adolescents' and young adults' (AYA) physical, mental, and emotional health, and developmental tasks. In order for AYAs, caregivers, clinicians, and other collaborators to optimize health outcomes (coproduction of health), understanding what living well means for AYAs who ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schreiner K,Grossoehme DH,Friebert S,Baker JN,Needle J,Lyon ME

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 10-year-old male with Hb E/Beta thalassemia disease who developed chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome after successful allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). He exhibited a recurrent ischemic stroke on day 368 post-SCT while on cyclosporine A, azathioprine, ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sirachainan N,Pakakasama S,Hongeng S,Chuansumrit A,Tuntiyatorn L,Vilaiyuk S

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few data exist regarding the clinical outcome of patients with Ewing sarcoma (EWS) treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PT). We report the outcome of children, adolescents and young adults (AYA) treated with PT at the Paul Scherrer Institute. MATERIALS:Thirty-eight patients (median age, 9.9 yea...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Weber DC,Murray FR,Correia D,Bolsi A,Frei-Welte M,Pica A,Lomax AJ,Schneider R,Bachtiary B

更新日期：2017-12-01 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:Treatment intensification was considered a suitable strategy to increase the cure rate of lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) in children. PROCEDURE:The AIEOP LNH-97 trial was run between 1997 and 2007 for newly diagnosed LBL in patients aged less than 18 years. Treatment schedule was based on the previous, LSA2-L...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Pillon M,Aricò M,Mussolin L,Carraro E,Conter V,Sala A,Buffardi S,Garaventa A,D'Angelo P,Lo Nigro L,Santoro N,Piglione M,Lombardi A,Porta F,Cesaro S,Moleti ML,Casale F,Mura R,d'Amore ES,Basso G,Rosolen A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare the health related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents after malignant bone tumor surgery of the leg with healthy controls. PROCEDURE:Patients between 8 and 25 years old were cross-sectional recruited. Patients under 16 years of age received the TNO (Netherlands O...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bekkering WP,Vliet Vlieland TP,Koopman HM,Schaap GR,Schreuder HW,Beishuizen A,Tissing WJ,Hoogerbrugge PM,Anninga JK,Taminiau AH

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00