Medication errors on oral chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a developing country.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term neuropsychological deficits associated with pediatric cancers and the related treatments have been consistently reported. Whole brain cranial radiation therapy (CRT) is associated with neurocognitive impairment. As a result, physicians are reticent to use CRT in favor of systemic or intrathecal che...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Pierson C,Waite E,Pyykkonen B

更新日期：2016-11-01 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: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：:Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a disorder of disputed origin thought to be related to the dermal/interstitial macrophage. A 5-year-old female presented with an aggressive systemic JXG that developed 5 months after the diagnosis of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Examination of the T-cell receptor gamma...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Perez-Becker R,Szczepanowski M,Leuschner I,Janka G,Gokel M,Imschweiler T,Völpel S,Niehues T,Klapper W

更新日期：2011-05-01 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 purpose of this study was to evaluate a reduced irradiation dose strategy for newly diagnosed primary central nervous system (CNS) germinomas. METHODS:Twenty patients with histologically diagnosed localized pure germinoma (n = 19) or germinoma with a mature teratoma component (n = 1) received four cycle...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Khatua S,Dhall G,O'Neil S,Jubran R,Villablanca JG,Marachelian A,Nastia A,Lavey R,Olch AJ,Gonzalez I,Gilles F,Nelson M,Panigrahy A,McComb G,Krieger M,Fan J,Sposto R,Finlay JL

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood obesity is a significant public health problem, affecting one in five children in the United States. At the crux of this issue is a dysregulation of energy intake and energy expenditure. This review will provide an overview on energy and nutrient balance. We discuss energy balance studies in children using i...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Tam CS,Ravussin E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most common HIV-associated malignancy in sub-Saharan Africa. The presentation and outcomes of pediatric KS are not well understood. PROCEDURE:We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of 81 HIV-infected children with KS at the Baylor Children's Clinical Centres of Excellence in...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cox CM,El-Mallawany NK,Kabue M,Kovarik C,Schutze GE,Kazembe PN,Mehta PS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global burden of sickle cell disease (SCD) is now being increasingly realized. SCD poses a significant public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, some regions of India, the Caribbean, and Brazil. In many of these regions, progress in the management of SCD has been slow. Long-term North-South and...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Aygun B,Odame I

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Understanding factors that affect the decisions of caregivers of African children to enroll their children in clinical trials would lead to more fully informed consent. METHODS:During the NOHARM study (NCT01976416), a placebo-controlled clinical trial of hydroxyurea for Ugandan children with sickle cell a...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Carman AS,Sautter C,Anyanwu JN,Ssemata AS,Opoka RO,Ware RE,Rujumba J,John CC

更新日期：2020-02-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Coping with end-stage pediatric cancer patients and the related bereavement is a challenge for all the caregivers involved. PROCEDURE:Forty-seven cancer patients who died in 2006 were assessed as concerns the main place of care in the end stage of their disease, their symptoms, the palliative treatments rec...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Beretta S,Polastri D,Clerici CA,Casanova M,Cefalo G,Ferrari A,Luksch R,Massimino M,Meazza C,Podda MG,Spreafico F,Terenziani M,Bellani FF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While pediatric low-grade glioma/glioneuronal tumors (LGG/LGGNTs) are considered slow-growing, indolent tumors with excellent long-term prognosis, mortality due to the disease is not unknown. Few studies have addressed the cause of death in this population. METHODS:Retrospective review of clinicopathologic ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Upadhyaya SA,Ghazwani Y,Wu S,Broniscer A,Boop FA,Gajjar A,Qaddoumi I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) occurs most commonly in young children who present with severe isolated thrombocytopenia and purpura. A marrow examination is not required unless glucocorticoids are used, lest treatment mask incipient acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but controversy exists here. The recommenda...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Segel GB,Feig SA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extracranial malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) is a rare pediatric cancer with a poor prognosis. The kidney is the most common site. Isolated reports have shown improvements in patient survival, but no specific treatment regimen has shown efficacy over others. PROCEDURE:Retrospective review of patients diagnos...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Venkatramani R,Shoureshi P,Malvar J,Zhou S,Mascarenhas L

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Family financial hardship has emerged as a burden of pediatric cancer treatment with negative implications for family well-being. As part of an extensive project to create evidence-based standards for the psychosocial care of children with cancer, we performed a literature review of pediatric cancer-associated financi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Pelletier W,Bona K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VPS45-associated severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) is a rare disorder characterized by life-threating infections, neutropenia, neutrophil and platelet dysfunction, poor response to filgrastim, and myelofibrosis with extramedullary hematopoiesis. We present a patient with SCN due to a homozygous c.1403C>T (p.P468L) m...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Shah RK,Munson M,Wierenga KJ,Pokala HR,Newburger PE,Crawford D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many children with cancer, participation in oncology camp programs is an important component of healing that offers opportunities for fun and can have substantial impacts on social and physical well-being. Optimal medical care and infectious screening for children attending oncology camp is critical to maximize sa...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Alexander S,Science M,Breakey V,Clarke A,Gibson P

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:We report a novel glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) mutation, which we propose to name G6PD Cincinnati (c.1037A > T, p.N346I), found in combination with G6PD Gastonia (c.637G > T, p.V213L) in an infant who presented with neonatal cholestasis. The G6PD Cincinnati mutation results in a non-conservative amino acid...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mizukawa B,George A,Pushkaran S,Weckbach L,Kalinyak K,Heubi JE,Kalfa TA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a highly malignant embryonal brain tumor that occurs mainly in early childhood. Although most of the tumors are characterized by inactivating mutations of the tumor suppressor gene, SMARCB1, the biological basis of its tumorigenesis and aggressiveness is still unkn...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Suzuki M,Kondo A,Ogino I,Arai H,Tomita T,Sredni ST

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MIRAGE syndrome caused by mutations in SAMD9 is associated with potential loss of chromosome 7 (-7/7q-) and an increased risk to develop myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). We report a case of MIRAGE syndrome, caused by a novel SAMD9 mutation p.Leu641Pro, leading to characteristic clinical features as well as to the coexi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Csillag B,Ilencikova D,Meissl M,Webersinke G,Laccone F,Narumi S,Haas O,Duba HC

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The improved survival rates for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may be jeopardized by the development of a second cancer, which has been associated with thiopurine therapy. PROCEDURE:We retrospectively analyzed three sequential Nordic Society of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology's protocols c...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Nielsen SN,Eriksson F,Rosthoej S,Andersen MK,Forestier E,Hasle H,Hjalgrim LL,Aasberg A,Abrahamsson J,Heyman M,Jónsson ÓG,Pruunsild K,Vaitkeviciené GE,Vettenranta K,Schmiegelow K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irinotecan is highly active against rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), yet its tolerability and efficacy in combination with radiation is unknown. We examined local control and toxicities in RMS patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) in combination with radiosensitizing agents irinotecan + carboplatin (I + C). PROCED...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Dharmarajan KV,Wexler LH,Wolden SL

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is emerging as a significant health condition for children. The purpose of this study is to evaluate SDB symptoms in childhood cancer survivors and identify associations with quality of life (QOL) and psychological symptoms. PROCEDURE:A sample of 62 survivors aged 8-18 years...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kathy R,Anna G,Gallicchio L,Gamaldo C

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare proliferative disorder of pathological Langerhans cells, for which the aetiology and pathogenesis remain largely unknown. PROCEDURE:Information on the 101 children with LCH registered with the population-based Manchester Children's Tumour Registry (MCTR) between...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Alston RD,Tatevossian RG,McNally RJ,Kelsey A,Birch JM,Eden TO

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00