Fanconi anemia and solid malignancies in childhood: a national retrospective study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The DNA methylating agent temozolomide was developed primarily for treatment of glioblastoma. However, preclinical data have suggested a broader application for treatment of childhood cancer. Temozolomide was tested against the PPTP solid tumor and ALL models. PROCEDURES:Temozolomide was tested against the ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Keir ST,Maris JM,Reynolds CP,Kang MH,Kolb EA,Gorlick R,Lock R,Carol H,Morton CL,Wu J,Kurmasheva RT,Houghton PJ,Smith MA

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Survival of osteosarcoma patients has reached a plateau with the addition of chemotherapy and in part predicted based on histologic response. Risk-adapted therapy might be an alternative approach. We aimed to identify risk groups using clinical variables available at time of diagnosis in order to better pred...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Lee JA,Kim MS,Kim DH,Lim JS,Park KD,Song WS,Cho WH,Lee SY,Jeon DG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than 60% of children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) become long-term survivors. Most are cured using chemotherapy without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We report on pubertal development and compare self-reported parenthood among AML survivors and their siblings. PROCEDURE:We includ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Molgaard-Hansen L,Skou AS,Juul A,Glosli H,Jahnukainen K,Jarfelt M,Jónmundsson GK,Malmros J,Nysom K,Hasle H,Nordic Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social media are powerful means of communication that can also have an important role in the healthcare sector. They are sometimes seen with diffidence in the healthcare setting, partly because they risk blurring professional boundaries. This issue is particularly relevant to relations between caregivers and adolescen...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Clerici CA,Quarello P,Bergadano A,Veneroni L,Bertolotti M,Guadagna P,Ricci A,Galdi A,Fagioli F,Ferrari A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical fitness is an important determinant of quality of life (QOL) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Cardiac function can influence exercise performance. The aim of this study was to assess these factors and their interrelationship. PROCEDURE:Children underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Vandekerckhove K,De Waele K,Minne A,Coomans I,De Groote K,Panzer J,Dhooge C,Bordon V,De Wolf D,Boone J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infliximab-daclizumab was used to treat acute and chronic liver and gut graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in two children after standard immunosuppressive therapy failed. Infliximab (10 mg/kg weekly, 4 doses) and daclizumab (1 mg/kg, days 1, 4, 8, 15, and 22) were given over 1 month. In case 1, grade 2 chronic GVHD of ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rodriguez V,Anderson PM,Trotz BA,Arndt CA,Allen JA,Khan SP

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucocorticoids and asparaginase, used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), can cause hypertriglyceridemia. We compared triglyceride levels, risk factors, and associated toxicities in two ALL trials at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital with identical glucocorticoid regimens, but different asparag...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Finch ER,Smith CA,Yang W,Liu Y,Kornegay NM,Panetta JC,Crews KR,Molinelli AR,Cheng C,Pei D,Ramsey LB,Karol SE,Inaba H,Sandlund JT,Metzger M,Evans WE,Jeha S,Pui CH,Relling MV

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that SLCO1B1 c.521T > C variant decreases the clearance of methotrexate (MTX) and elevates its plasma concentration, hence leucovorin doses may need to be adjusted. However, high leucovorin doses may affect the cure rate in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Hitherto neither...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Zhang HN,He XL,Wang C,Wang Y,Chen YJ,Li JX,Niu CH,Gao P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fifteen evidence-based Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families (Standards) were published in 2015. The Standards cover a broad range of topics and circumstances and require qualified multidisciplinary staff to be implemented. This paper presents data on the availability of...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Scialla MA,Canter KS,Chen FF,Kolb EA,Sandler E,Wiener L,Kazak AE

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe congenital neutropenia is a rare disease, and autosomal dominantly inherited ELANE mutation is the most frequently observed genetic defect in the registries from North America and Western Europe. However, in eastern countries where consanguineous marriages are common, autosomal recessive forms might b...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yılmaz Karapınar D,Patıroğlu T,Metin A,Çalışkan Ü,Celkan T,Yılmaz B,Karakaş Z,Karapınar TH,Akıncı B,Özkınay F,Onay H,Yeşilipek MA,Akar HH,Tüysüz G,Tokgöz H,Özdemir GN,Aslan Kıykım A,Karaman S,Kılınç Y,Oymak Y,Küpe

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) is the most common childhood sarcoma and is a component of the familial pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB)-predisposition syndrome. Using the PPB model, we hypothesized that DICER1 mutations would be found in familial and sporadic forms of ERMS. Blood samples from four children with famil...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Doros L,Yang J,Dehner L,Rossi CT,Skiver K,Jarzembowski JA,Messinger Y,Schultz KA,Williams G,André N,Hill DA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conflicting data exist regarding whether low bone mineral density (BMD) is associated with Fanconi anemia (FA). The current study identified the frequency of low BMD in FA, expecting low BMD even in childhood and before HCT. PROCEDURE:Thirty-seven FA patients (18 prior HCT, 19 no prior HCT), participating i...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rose SR,Rutter MM,Mueller R,Harris M,Hamon B,Bulluck AF,Smith FO

更新日期：2011-12-01 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:Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) is known for its propensity to metastasize to bone, but it also spreads to other sites including the brain. This study was undertaken to describe the treatment and outcomes of patients with recurrent CCSK involving the brain. METHODS:A retrospective records review was...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Radulescu VC,Gerrard M,Moertel C,Grundy PE,Mathias L,Feusner J,Diller L,Dome JS

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is characterized by primary immunodeficiency, thrombocytopenia and eczema. Patients with WAS have an increased risk to develop tumors. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) represents the most common malignancy occurring in WAS-affected patients, diffuse-large-B-cell lymphoma is the most frequently...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Coccia P,Mastrangelo S,Ruggiero A,Scalzone M,Rosolen A,Maurizi P,Riccardi R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opportunities for cancer prevention in adolescents range from limitation of sun exposure to the use of human papillomavirus vaccines. Those who develop malignant disease experience longer waiting times for diagnosis and treatment than do children, especially when referred to adult treatment centers, and they are less ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Barr RD,Greenberg ML

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant ectomesenchymoma (MEM) is a soft tissue tumor with heterologous rhabdomyoblastic components believed to arise from pluripotent migratory neural crest cells. To date merely 50 cases have been published and the knowledge about the course of disease and optimal treatment is limited. METHODS:Six patie...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Dantonello TM,Leuschner I,Vokuhl C,Gfroerer S,Schuck A,Kube S,Nathrath M,Bernbeck B,Kaatsch P,Pal N,Ljungman G,Bielack SS,Klingebiel T,Koscielniak E,CWS.

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ensuring adequate parental consent is a key issue of ethical practice in pediatric oncology. In Germany, however, knowledge about parental comprehension and satisfaction with the informed consent procedure is limited, and representative data on parents' perspectives are still missing. Based on data collected...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Petersen I,Spix C,Kaatsch P,Graf N,Janka G,Kollek R

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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: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:Dexamethasone is more efficacious than prednisone in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but has also been associated with greater toxicity. We compared neuropsychological outcomes for patients treated on DFCI ALL Consortium Protocol 00-01, which included a randomized comparison of the two s...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Waber DP,McCabe M,Sebree M,Forbes PW,Adams H,Alyman C,Sands SA,Robaey P,Romero I,Routhier MÈ,Girard JM,Sallan SE,Silverman LB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Granulocytic sarcoma (GS) is a localized tumor composed of immature myeloid cells. This extramedullary tumor can present before, concurrent with or after the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia. GS is extremely uncommon in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). As a proportion of patients never develop systemic disease, ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Worch J,Ritter J,Frühwald MC

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bereaved families fear their child being forgotten by those who knew their loved child, including their child's oncology team. Thoughtfully timed, family-centric condolences shared by pediatric oncology team members have the potential to extend our compassion and kindness toward a family during the darkness of grief. ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Weaver MS,Lichtenthal WG,Larson K,Wiener L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to determine the risk of bacteremia in a cohort of outpatient febrile nonneutropenic pediatric oncology patients and to assess clinical characteristics that may influence decisions regarding empiric antibiotic therapy. PROCEDURE:A single institution retrospective cohort study was performed of outp...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kelly MJ,Vivier PM,Panken TM,Schwartz CL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 1975, childhood cancer incidence rates have gradually increased in the United States; however, few studies have conducted analyses across time to unpack this temporal rise. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that increasing cancer incidence rates are due to secular trends in pregnancy cha...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kehm RD,Osypuk TL,Poynter JN,Vock DM,Spector LG

更新日期：2018-03-01 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