Caregivers' Self-Reported Absence of Social Support Networks is Related to Treatment Abandonment in Children With Cancer.

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

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：:Aciclovir prophylaxis was previously given to all immunocompromised patients treated by our unit, following contact with varicella zoster. In 2003, we changed practice according to National Guidelines, giving prophylaxis only to patients without serum varicella zoster immunoglobulin G antibody (VZ IgG) at diagnosis of...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Manley S,Mallinson H,Caswell M,Keenan R,Pizer B

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia from failure of megakaryopoiesis. CAMT is one of the bone marrow failure syndromes, and the disease progression may involve other lineages leading to pancytopenia. The genetic background of CAMT ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chung HS,Koh KN,Kim HJ,Kim HJ,Lee KO,Park CJ,Chi HS,Kim SH,Seo JJ,Im HJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pheochromocytomas (PCs) are neuroendocrine tumors arising from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal gland, and paragangliomas (PGLs) are their extra-adrenal counterparts arising from ganglia along the sympathetic/parasympathetic chain. Surgery is the cornerstone of treatment. A sporatic or inherited germline ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Virgone C,Andreetta M,Avanzini S,Chiaravalli S,De Pasquale D,Crocoli A,Inserra A,D'Angelo P,Alaggio R,Opocher G,Cecchetto G,Ferrari A,Bisogno G,Dall'Igna P

更新日期：2020-08-01 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:Advanced irradiation techniques, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), aim to limit irradiation to adjoining tissues by conforming beams to a well-defined volume. In intracranial germinomas, whole-ventricular IMRT decreases the volume of irradiation to surrounding parenchyma. This study exa...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Toll SA,Jones MT,Yoshida EJ,Dhall G,Olch AJ,Wong KK

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for novel mechanisms that contribute to the pathophysiology of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), we determined the whole blood gene expression profile in five ITP patients and five control samples. Using DNA microarrays that contained 24,473 unique putative genes, we found 176 cDNAs that were strong...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sood R,Wong W,Jeng M,Zehnder JL

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinoblastoma occurs in approximately 4 per million children per year in the United States, usually before 2 years of age. In developed countries, 95% of children with tumor in one eye can be cured with enucleation, while children with tumor in both eyes require individualized therapy to preserve vision. Al...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Lambert MP,Shields C,Meadows AT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a rare disease in children and represents approximately 2% of all childhood leukemia. This results in difficulty creating large cohorts of patients for pediatric CML research. The Glivec International Patient Assistance Program (GIPAP) is a patient-access program sponsored b...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sadak KT,Fultz K,Mendizabal A,Reaman G,Garcia-Gonzalez P,Levine PH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Children's Oncology Group (COG) publishes consensus guidelines with screening recommendations for early identification of treatment-related morbidities among childhood cancer survivors. We sought to estimate the yield of recommended yearly urinalysis screening for genitourinary complications as per Versi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ramirez MD,Mertens AC,Esiashvili N,Meacham LR,Wasilewski-Masker K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commonly accepted definition of Fanconi anemia (FA) relying on DNA repair deficiency is submitted to a critical review starting from the early reports pointing to mitomycin C bioactivation and to the toxicity mechanisms of diepoxybutane and a group of nitrogen mustards causing DNA crosslinks in FA cells. A critica...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Pagano G,d'Ischia M,Pallardó FV

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poverty is an important patient-reported outcome of therapy and a potential predictor of outcome disparities in pediatric cancer. We previously identified that nearly 30% of pediatric cancer families experience household material hardship (HMH), a concrete measure of poverty including food, energy, or housing insecuri...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bilodeau M,Ma C,Al-Sayegh H,Wolfe J,Bona K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 12 pediatric patients (8-16 years) with primary refractory (N = 6) or first relapse (N = 6) Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) treated with ifosfamide, gemcitabine, and vinorelbine (IGEV). The overall response rate to IGEV was 100%, with seven (58%) complete responses (CR) and five (42%) partial responses. Successful C...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Marr K,Ronsley R,Nadel H,Douglas K,Gershony S,Strahlendorf C,Davis JH,Deyell RJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug shortages require clinical teams to decide how to allocate drugs in limited supply among their patients. Ethical frameworks are invaluable for promoting rational approaches to drug distribution, but gaps remain between ethical theory and clinical application. The goal of this work was to explore how dec...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Russell HV,Bernhardt MB,Berg S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medulloblastoma is an infratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumour, diagnosed in paediatric population. The radiotherapy is an essential method of treatment for these tumours. The impact of technical quality of radiation therapy on survival was recently considered. In this study treatment-related variable...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chojnacka M,Skowrońska-Gardas A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have found that parents of children with cancer desire more prognostic information than is often given even when prognosis is poor. We explored in audio-recorded consultations the kinds of information they seek. METHODS:Ethnographic study including observation and audio recording of consult...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bluebond-Langner M,Hall N,Vincent K,Henderson EM,Russell J,Beecham E,Bryan G,Gains JE,Gaze MN,Slater O,Langner RW,Hargrave D

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (Evans syndrome) with the presence of both warm and cold autoantibodies (mixed type) are rare in the pediatric age group. This condition may be associated with other autoimmune disorders and is notoriously difficult to treat. This case describes an adolescent male who p...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Jubinsky PT,Rashid N

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is the leading genetic disorder in Nigeria. Elevated velocities ≥170 cm/sec occur in about a third of Nigerian children with SCA. Chronic blood transfusion for stroke prevention is faced with a myriad of challenges in our practice. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effectiveness of hydrox...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Lagunju I,Brown BJ,Sodeinde O

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical outcomes of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) who undergo total or partial splenectomy (PS) are poorly defined. The purpose of this retrospective study was to initiate an Internet-based registry to facilitate analysis of clinical outcomes for these children. We hypothesized that both surgical ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mouttalib S,Rice HE,Snyder D,Levens JS,Reiter A,Soler P,Rothman JA,Thornburg CD

更新日期：2012-07-15 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：INTRODUCTION:Major advances in the field of pediatric oncology have resulted from rigorous, prospective clinical oncology research trials. Optimizing access for all children and adolescents to clinical research trials is an important goal. Barriers to clinical trial enrollment are numerous, involving the health care sy...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Russo C,Stout L,House T,Santana VM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The youngest siblings may be both emotionally vulnerable and often neglected members of the family of a childhood cancer patient. The prompt identification of signs of distress in these subjects allows trained caregivers to intervene with personalized, age-appropriate, attention, and care. A narrative approach, based ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Massimo LM,Wiley TJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 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:The level of minimal residual disease (MRD) prior to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been shown to be an independent prognostic factor for outcome of pediatric patients with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Retrospective studies which used (semi-) quantitation of cl...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sramkova L,Muzikova K,Fronkova E,Krejci O,Sedlacek P,Formankova R,Mejstrikova E,Stary J,Trka J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transition from the pediatric setting to adult care is a well-described period of morbidity and mortality for persons with sickle cell disease (SCD). We sought to measure the feasibility and effectiveness of providing skill-based educational handouts on improving self-management and transition readiness ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Calhoun CL,Abel RA,Pham HA,Thompson S,King AA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver (UESL) is a rare aggressive mesenchymal pediatric tumor. Previously, reported outcomes have been very poor. Here, we report a single-center experience of five patients with UESL treated with upfront gross total resection and adjuvant chemotherapy. We have a median follow...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mathias MD,Ambati SR,Chou AJ,Slotkin EK,Wexler LH,Meyers PA,Magnan H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cutaneous lymphomas are rare in children and mostly represented by mycosis fungoides and CD30(+) lymphoproliferative disorders. Most pediatric cutaneous lymphomas have similar clinical/pathological features as their adult counterparts, particularly the T-cell subtypes. With regard to outcome, adult cutaneous m...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ceppi F,Pope E,Ngan B,Abla O

更新日期：2016-11-01 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