Psychosocial and functional outcomes in long-term survivors of osteosarcoma: a comparison of limb-salvage surgery and amputation.

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：BACKGROUND:Few studies have addressed the efficacy of palliative radiotherapy (RT) for pediatric osteosarcoma (OS), a disease generally considered to be radioresistant. We describe symptom relief, local control, and toxicity associated with palliative RT among children with OS. PROCEDURE:Patients diagnosed with OS at ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chen EL,Yoo CH,Gutkin PM,Merriott DJ,Avedian RS,Steffner RJ,Spunt SL,Pribnow AK,Million L,Donaldson SS,Hiniker SM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of the laboratory benefits of hydroxyurea and its clinical efficacy in reducing acute vaso-occlusive events in adults and children with sickle cell anemia has accumulated for more than 15 years. A definitive clinical trial showing that hydroxyurea can also prevent organ damage might support widespread use of ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Thompson BW,Miller ST,Rogers ZR,Rees RC,Ware RE,Waclawiw MA,Iyer RV,Casella JF,Luchtman-Jones L,Rana S,Thornburg CD,Kalpatthi RV,Barredo JC,Brown RC,Sarnaik S,Howard TH,Luck L,Wang WC

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complications in pediatric cancer patients after a gastrostomy (GT) placement have not been widely investigated. We aimed to evaluate the complication rate and nature of complications in this specific population. PROCEDURE:Medical records of pediatric cancer patients having a GT placed at our institution fr...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Fernandez-Pineda I,Sandoval JA,Jones RM,Boateng N,Wu J,Rao BN,Davidoff AM,Shochat SJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with cancer experience a wide range of conditions that require urgent evaluation in the emergency department (ED), yet variation in admission rates is poorly documented. PROCEDURE:We performed a retrospective cohort study using the Pediatric Health Information System of ED encounters by children wi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mueller EL,Jacob SA,Cochrane AR,Carroll AE,Bennett WE Jr

更新日期：2020-06-01 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: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:Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a rare congenital, bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by normochromic macrocytic anemia, reticulocytopenia and absence or insufficiency of erythroid precursors in normocellular bone marrow, frequently associated with somatic malformations. Here, we present our finding...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Delaporta P,Sofocleous C,Stiakaki E,Polychronopoulou S,Economou M,Kossiva L,Kostaridou S,Kattamis A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop an objective tool for assessing disease activity in patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). METHOD:Scoring system was developed and applied to a database containing information on 612 patients. RESULTS:At diagnosis, the score distribution was highly asymmetrical: the score was between ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Donadieu J,Piguet C,Bernard F,Barkaoui M,Ouache M,Bertrand Y,Ibrahim H,Emile JF,Hermine O,Tazi A,Genereau T,Thomas C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with cancer are at risk of malnutrition, which can impair critical childhood processes of growth and development and contribute to poor health outcomes. Enteral nutrition can effectively ameliorate malnutrition or weight loss in children with cancer; however, published nutrition support algorithms contain min...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： McGrath KH,Hardikar W

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is characterized by uncontrolled inflammation that is generally fatal without immune modulating chemotherapy. At Texas Children's Hospital, we have observed significant central nervous system (CNS) toxicity in several patients treated for HLH according to the Histiocy...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Thompson PA,Allen CE,Horton T,Jones JY,Vinks AA,McClain KL

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The introduction of the United Kingdom Medical Research Council's 10th AML trial (MRC AML 10) protocol incorporating high-dose anthracycline therapy has improved outcome of children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this study, we review the results of childhood AML therapy in a Singapore university hosp...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Tan RM,Quah TC,Aung L,Liang S,Kirk RC,Yeoh AE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcomes for patients with oncologic disease and/or after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) requiring intensive care unit admission have improved, but indications for and outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in this population are poorly characterized. PROCEDURE:We analy...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Steppan DA,Coleman RD,Viamonte HK,Hanson SJ,Carroll MK,Klein OR,Cooke KR,Spinella PC,Steiner ME,Loftis LL,Bembea MM,Pediatric ECMO (PediECMO) subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network and

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of the neutropenic diet in the development of infections in oncology and stem cell transplant (SCT) patients is controversial. There is no data on the use of the neutropenic diet among pediatric oncologists. METHODS:A self-administered electronic survey was sent to 1,639 pediatric oncologists at 19...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Braun LE,Chen H,Frangoul H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is the most common non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children. The mortality and morbidity of JXG with extracutaneous lesions remain unclear. METHODS:Data of patients aged < 18 years who were diagnosed with JXG between 2001 and 2010 were retrospectively collected through a ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Maeda M,Morimoto A,Shioda Y,Asano T,Koga Y,Nakazawa Y,Kanegane H,Kudo K,Ohga S,Ishii E,Histiocytosis Study Group of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology\/Oncology.

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess local control, event-free survival (EFS), and overall survival (OS) rates in 71 patients with localized, completely resected (Group I) alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ALV RMS) and their relation to radiation therapy (RT) on IRSG Protocols III and IV, 1984-1997. METHODS:Chart review and standard statistica...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Raney RB,Anderson JR,Brown KL,Huh WW,Maurer HM,Meyer WH,Parham DM,Rodeberg DA,Wolden SL,Donaldson SS,Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Committee of the Children's Oncology Group Arcadia California USA.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) may rarely occur in visceral tissues, and little is known about their clinical history. The present study retrospectively analyzed a group of patients prospectively registered in Italian pediatric protocols conducted between 1979 and 2004. METHODS:I...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ferrari A,Magni C,Bergamaschi L,Cecchetto G,Alaggio R,Milano GM,Bertolini P,Basso E,Manzitti C,Di Martino M,Giurici N,Melchionda F,Cecinati V,Chiaravalli S,Affinita MC,Scagnellato A,Casanova M,Bisogno G

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the presence of reports on correlation between major congenital defects and cancer, very few studies have investigated the frequency of minor anomalies in childhood malignancy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of minor anomalies in children with hematological malignancy. PROCEDU...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Citak FE,Citak EC,Akkaya E,Kosan B,Ezer U,Kurekci AE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The views and clinical practice of children's cancer units were surveyed regarding management of central venous catheter (CVC) occlusion (CVC-occlusion), CVC-related thrombosis (CVC-thrombosis) and thromboembolism (CVC-thromboembolism). PROCEDURE:A questionnaire was sent to all 22 United Kingdom Children's ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Skinner R,Koller K,McIntosh N,McCarthy A,Pizer B,United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG).,Paediatric Oncology Nursing Forum (PONF) Supportive Care Group.

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epoetin alfa (EPO, PROCRIT) pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics were evaluated in children with malignant solid tumors receiving chemotherapy. PROCEDURE:Children initially received IV EPO 600 IU/kg (max dose 40,000 IU) or placebo once weekly for 16 weeks. Dose was increased to 900 IU/kg (max dose 60,000 I...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Freeman BB 3rd,Hinds P,Iacono LC,Razzouk BI,Burghen E,Stewart CF

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Better predictors of outcome would allow improved risk-adapted therapy for pediatric nonmetastatic osteosarcoma of the extremity. We investigated the predictive value of MR imaging-based measures of absolute and relative tumor size and volume at the time of diagnosis. We also assessed the relation of tumor s...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kaste SC,Liu T,Billups CA,Daw NC,Pratt CB,Meyer WH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resource-rich countries tend to have a higher incidence of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), whereas lower rates are seen in more deprived countries. This study describes the incidence of childhood acute leukemia in Brazil, an upper middle-income country, based on data from 16 population-based ca...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： de Souza Reis R Sr,de Camargo B,de Oliveira Santos M,de Oliveira JM,Azevedo Silva F,Pombo-de-Oliveira MS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute and chronic clinical manifestations of sickle-cell disease (SCD) lead to significant healthcare utilization, especially of the emergency department (ED). Limited population-level data are available in SCD with the ability to connect patients to visits, leaving us with minimal description of utilization...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Wolfson JA,Schrager SM,Coates TD,Kipke MD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The psychosocial outcomes of young adult survivors of childhood bone tumors are not well known. This study: (a) examined perceived social support (SS) and benefit-finding (BF) with respect to surgical intervention, gender, and age; (b) compared SS and psychological outcomes to normative values; and (c) exami...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Teall T,Barrera M,Barr R,Silva M,Greenberg M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in children is reported to be increasing. We examined thrombophilia testing results in children with VTE that presented in inpatient and outpatient settings to explore patterns of thrombophilia testing. PROCEDURE: PATIENTS/METHODS:Children, ages 0-20 years with VTE...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mahajerin A,Obasaju P,Eckert G,Vik TA,Mehta R,Heiny M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary epithelial lung malignancies are rare in childhood and adolescence. We reviewed the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center experience with these tumors to better understand their histology, time to diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. PROCEDURE:A retrospective review was performed on all patients 21 y...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Lal DR,Clark I,Shalkow J,Downey RJ,Shorter NA,Klimstra DS,La Quaglia MP

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early effects of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) include decreased physical function, bone mineral density (BMD/g/cm2 ), and health-related quality of life (HRQL). We assessed the capacity of a physical therapy and motivation-based intervention, beginning after diagnosis and continuing throu...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cox CL,Zhu L,Kaste SC,Srivastava K,Barnes L,Nathan PC,Wells RJ,Ness KK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) refractory to first-line treatment with systemic corticosteroids results in increased morbidity and potential mortality. We retrospectively assessed the feasibility and efficacy of catheter-directed intra-arterial platelet infusion (IAPI) in two pediatric patient...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kably IM,Ziga ED,Andreansky M

更新日期：2015-12-01 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:Children with hepatoblastoma (HB) are at risk of sarcopenia due to immobility, chemotherapy, and malnutrition. We hypothesized that children with HB have a low preoperative total psoas muscle area (tPMA), reflecting sarcopenia, which negatively impacts outcome. PROCEDURE:Retrospective study of children (1-1...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ritz A,Kolorz J,Hubertus J,Ley-Zaporozhan J,von Schweinitz D,Koletzko S,Häberle B,Schmid I,Kappler R,Berger M,Lurz E

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00