Malignant ectomesenchymoma in children and adolescents: report from the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe (CWS).

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:Medication errors occur universally. Inappropriate administration of chemotherapy drugs can have adverse effects in cancer patients. Our objective was to assess the rate and type of medication errors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) receiving oral chemotherapy in outpatient setting. PROCE...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Oberoi S,Trehan A,Marwaha RK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information about factors modulating bone mineral density (BMD) in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). PROCEDURE:We analyzed data from 57 survivors (26 male, 52 Caucasian) who underwent two serial quantitative computed tomography (QCT) studies of BMD. Using multiple li...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kaste SC,Rai SN,Fleming K,McCammon EA,Tylavsky FA,Danish RK,Rose SR,Sitter CD,Pui CH,Hudson MM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation necrosis is a potentially debilitating side effect of therapy necessary to treat pediatric central nervous system tumors. Clinical signs of cerebral radiation necrosis (CRN) are similar to symptoms of disease progression and require close monitoring. The case of an infant diagnosed with a malignant rhabdoid ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： L'Hotta AJ,Thomas KM,Milgrom SA,Hemenway MS,Levy JMM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of hydroxyurea in hemoglobin SC (HbSC) patients is not well documented. We describe the long-term response to hydroxyurea in children with clinically severe HbSC. In 15 patients, hydroxyurea resulted in a significant increase in mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and fetal hemoglobin (HbF) and a significant de...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yates AM,Dedeken L,Smeltzer MP,Lebensburger JD,Wang WC,Robitaille N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation therapy (RT)-induced effects in children treated for low grade glioma (LGG) can result in worsening of neurologic symptoms and clinical and radiographic deterioration. Treatment for radiation-induced tumor enlargement is based on symptom control and usually involves steroids. PROCEDURE:We conducte...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Foster KA,Ares WJ,Pollack IF,Jakacki RI

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:We report two cases of primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) treated with high-dose methotrexate. Though standard adult treatment of PCNSL incorporates whole-brain radiotherapy, the literature suggests it may be possible to delay or avoid radiotherapy and the associated increased risk of neurologic sequelae in pediatric patien...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Shah AC,Kelly DR,Nabors LB,Oakes WJ,Hilliard LM,Reddy AT

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High birth weight increases the risk of childhood acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) through unknown mechanisms. Whether this risk is specific to ALL subtypes is unknown, and low case numbers have prevented investigation of the rarer leukemias. Here we address these associations using a large population-based dat...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： O'Neill KA,Bunch KJ,Vincent TJ,Spector LG,Moorman AV,Murphy MF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old girl with Noonan syndrome (NS) and constitutive PTPN11 mutation presented with stage 4 neuroblastoma and was treated by intensive chemotherapy. During the treatment, cytogenetic analysis revealed the development of a hyperdiploid clone with duplication of the germline PTPN11 mutation in a morphologically ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chantrain CF,Jijon P,De Raedt T,Vermylen C,Poirel HA,Legius E,Brichard B

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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:In low- and middle-income countries, therapeutic options for advanced, refractory, or relapsing malignancies are limited due to local constraints such as cost of drugs, distance from oncology centers, and lack of availability of new anticancer drugs. Metronomics, which combines metronomic chemotherapy (MC) a...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： El Kababri M,Benmiloud S,Cherkaoui S,El Houdzi J,Maani K,Ansari N,Khoubila N,Kili A,El Khorassani M,Madani A,Tazi MA,Ahid S,Hessissen L,Quessar A,Harif M,Khattab M,André N

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a rare disease in children. Different from that in adults, childhood CML involves transformative events occurring over a short time period. CML transformation to lymphoid blast phase (BP) is associated with copy number abnormalities, characteristic of BCR-ABL1 positive acute lymphobla...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Klumb CE,Barbosa TDC,Nestal de Moraes G,Schramm MT,Emerenciano M,Maia RC

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outcome for patients with Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (ESFTs) of bone with metastases at diagnosis remains poor despite new approaches to treatment. We evaluated whether a dose-intensity chemotherapy regimen improved survival for patients with ESFTs of bone with metastases at diagnosis. METHODS:We en...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Miser JS,Goldsby RE,Chen Z,Krailo MD,Tarbell NJ,Link MP,Fryer CJ,Pritchard DJ,Gebhardt MC,Dickman PS,Perlman EJ,Meyers PA,Donaldson SS,Moore SG,Rausen AR,Vietti TJ,Grier HE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of children with cancer live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with little or no access to cancer treatment. The purpose of the paper is to describe the current status of childhood cancer treatment in Africa, as documented in publications, dedicated websites and information collected through sur...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kruger M,Hendricks M,Davidson A,Stefan CD,van Eyssen AL,Uys R,van Zyl A,Hesseling P

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SIOPEL protocols have recommended liver transplantation for unresectable hepatoblastoma (HBL) after chemotherapy in absence of visible extrahepatic disease. METHODS:This retrospective single center study includes 13 children treated following SIOPEL 3 or 4 protocols who underwent orthotopic liver transplant...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Héry G,Franchi-Abella S,Habes D,Brugières L,Martelli H,Fabre M,Pariente D,Gauthier F,Jacquemin E,Branchereau S

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemophilia is an excellent example in medicine where clinical translation of basic science discoveries has transformed the gloomy outlook of the disease. This review provides an overview of clinical advances in hemophilia management with a specific focus on the molecular heterogeneity of the disease and progress in ma...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sharathkumar AA,Carcao M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine prognostic factors for local control in the radiotherapeutic management of non-metastatic Ewing sarcoma. PROCEDURE:Forty patients with localized Ewing sarcoma (ES) were treated with primary site RT at one institution. Median RT dose was 55.8 Gy (range, 25.5-76 Gy). Chemotherapy was given to 34 ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Paulino AC,Nguyen TX,Mai WY,Teh BS,Wen BC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of pediatric lower respiratory tract infections, the burden of RSV in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) is unknown. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective, nested, case-control study of children with SCD <18 years who had respiratory viral ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rostad CA,Maillis AN,Lai K,Bakshi N,Jerris RC,Lane PA,Yee ME,Yildirim I

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we present the case of a pediatric patient with newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma causing central biliary obstruction and persistently elevated bilirubin of 3.0-4.3 mg/dl despite placement of bilateral internal-external biliary drains. The tumor was not resectable, and the patient was not a candidate for ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hiniker SM,Rangaswami A,Lungren MP,Thakor AS,Concepcion W,Balazy KE,Kovalchuk N,Donaldson SS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old boy in third remission of an acute lymphoblastic leukaemia developed infection of lung and paranasal sinuses with Aspergillus flavus in neutropenia. Because of the high risk of leukaemia-relapse bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from a matched unrelated donor was carried out despite invasive pulmonary as...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schuster F,Moelter C,Schmid I,Graubner UB,Kammer B,Belohradsky BH,Führer M

更新日期：2005-06-15 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：BACKGROUND:Fever in neutropenic (FN) patients requires immediate broad-spectrum antibiotics, however, such patients do not represent a homogeneous population and the majority of them are at low risk of developing complication. Gatifloxacin (GA) is an alternative, though it has not been thoroughly studied in Pediatrics ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Petrilli A,Altruda Carlesse F,Alberto Pires Pereira C

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an important, hidden cause of childhood mortality worldwide. It is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa where national newborn screening programs remain unavailable and most children in rural areas are never diagnosed. We conducted a study at a rural district hospital ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Eastburg L,Peckham A,Kawira E,Chirangi B,Adler D,Akungo BD,Smart LR,Ambrose EE

更新日期：2020-11-01 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:Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) is a potentially life-threatening complication, detected by echocardiographic evidence of elevated tricuspid regurgitant velocity (TRV). This condition has been described in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) and other hemolytic disorders; however, there is little information...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ambrusko SJ,Gunawardena S,Sakara A,Windsor B,Lanford L,Michelson P,Krishnamurti L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with cancer who receive intensive chemotherapeutic regimens are subject to profound immunosuppression and are susceptible to an extended array of pathogens. PROCEDURE:The infectious causes of symptomatic gastroenteritis as evidenced by diarrhea +/- fever, vomiting, and abdominal colic in children f...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： El-Mahallawy HA,El-Din NH,Salah F,El-Arousy M,El-Naga SA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need for more knowledge about how survivors of childhood cancer perceive their lives and what influence current health status has on their quality of life. The purpose was to describe this among a group of long-term survivors and among a comparison group. PROCEDURE:Telephone interviews were perfo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sundberg KK,Doukkali E,Lampic C,Eriksson LE,Arvidson J,Wettergren L

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00