A novel SAMD9 variant identified in patient with MIRAGE syndrome: Further defining syndromic phenotype and review of previous cases.

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：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：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：BACKGROUND:Progressive/recurrent high-grade and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) are fatal. Treatments targeting molecular pathways critical for these cancers are needed. METHODS:We conducted a phase 1 study (rolling-six design) to establish the safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of dasatinib, an oral pl...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Broniscer A,Jia S,Mandrell B,Hamideh D,Huang J,Onar-Thomas A,Gajjar A,Raimondi SC,Tatevossian RG,Stewart CF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing number of long-term survivors of childhood cancer, there continues to be a critical need for development and implementation of evidence-based recommendations for clinical follow-up. In order to establish and maintain health-related follow-up guidelines, it is important to recognize the attributes o...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hawkins MM,Robison LL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of pulmonary dysfunction in pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) survivors and to identify associated risk factors. PROCEDURE:In a cross-sectional study, patients surviving at least 5 years after pediatric HCT were requested to undergo pulmo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hoffmeister PA,Madtes DK,Storer BE,Sanders JE

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children and adolescents with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and mature B-cell leukemia (B-ALL) have an excellent prognosis with contemporary chemotherapy stratified according to the histologic subtype and clinical stage of disease. However, a small subset of patients does not respond to front-line therapy or su...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Attarbaschi A,Dworzak M,Steiner M,Urban C,Fink FM,Reiter A,Gadner H,Mann G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) has been shown to be an intermediate entity between papillary (PTC) and follicular/Hurtle cell (FTC) thyroid carcinoma in adults. However, the tumor characteristics and prognosis of FVPTCs has not been studied in the pediatric population and is the fo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Lerner J,Goldfarb M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of malignancy in cancer predisposition syndromes that also confer exquisite sensitivity to standard chemotherapy and radiation regimens remains a challenge. Bloom syndrome is one such disorder that is caused by a defect in DNA repair, predisposing to the development of early-onset age-related medical con...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Fein Levy C,Presswala LS,Slomovic A,Stiefel J,Schulman-Rosenbaum R

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Children's Oncology Group (COG) is a multi-institutional cooperative group dedicated to childhood cancer research that has helped to increase the survival of children with cancer through clinical trials. These clinical trials include a standardized regimen of imaging examinations performed prior to, during, and fo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Meyer JS,Nadel HR,Marina N,Womer RB,Brown KL,Eary JF,Gorlick R,Grier HE,Randall RL,Lawlor ER,Lessnick SL,Schomberg PJ,Kailo MD

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Ameloblastic fibro-odontosarcoma (AFOS) is an extremely rare malignant odontogenic tumor. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice. Deaths due to disease recurrence and/or progression are documented. Here, we report the case of a 15-year-old female with multiple recurrent AFOS. She responded to chemothera...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Gatz SA,Thway K,Mandeville H,Kerawala C,MacVicar D,Chisholm J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric cancer-induced financial burden is source of stress for parents, particularly mothers, single parents, and parents with lower incomes. This financial burden has been linked to poorer family quality of life (QOL) in terms of new onset material hardships, and could also affect individual QOL in terms...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Santacroce SJ,Kneipp SM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hepatoblastoma and hypoplastic kidneys are rare in children. A review of all patients with hepatoblastoma treated at our institution between 1993 and 2011 revealed three cases of hepatoblastoma occurring in children with hypoplastic kidneys and significantly impaired renal function. Two patients were treated with...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chan R,Mascarenhas L,Venkatramani R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to investigate factors affecting response to everolimus, a mammalian-target-of-rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, of subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGA) in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). METHODS:The study group consisted of 15 children with a diagnosis of TSC-relat...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Trelinska J,Dachowska I,Kotulska K,Baranska D,Fendler W,Jozwiak S,Mlynarski W

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition therapy is a therapeutic approach to treating medical conditions and symptoms via diet, which can be done by oral, enteral or parenteral routes. It is desirable to include nutritional interventions as a standard of care in pediatric cancer units (PCUs) at all levels of care. The interventions are dependent o...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Trehan A,Viani K,da Cruz LB,Sagastizado SZ,Ladas EJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extramedullary infiltration (EMI) is an occasional clinical symptom in childhood acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), but there is considerable controversy regarding the prognostic significance of EMI in AML. PROCEDURE:We evaluated the frequency and prognostic significance of EMI at diagnosis of AML in childre...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kobayashi R,Tawa A,Hanada R,Horibe K,Tsuchida M,Tsukimoto I,Japanese childhood AML cooperative study group.

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis and osteopenia are long-term side effects of bone marrow transplant (BMT). The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of bone mineral density (BMD) abnormalities in pediatric patients prior to BMT. Forty-four pediatric patients were evaluated with DEXA scans. The average Z-score was -0.37. ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Klopfenstein KJ,Clayton J,Rosselet R,Kerlin B,Termuhlen A,Gross T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental purposes underlying formal health care transition from the pediatric to adult setting for young adult survivors of childhood cancer are to facilitate the continuous, medically and developmentally appropriate implementation of risk-based guidelines for the monitoring and management of late effects of ch...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Freyer DR,Brugieres L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients were maintained on subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement for persistent B-cell aplasia and agammaglobulinemia following CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia. Patients were transitioned from intravenous to subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacemen...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Arnold DE,Maude SL,Callahan CA,DiNofia AM,Grupp SA,Heimall JR

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While encapsulated bacterial agents, particularly Streptococcus pneumoniae, are recognized as important microbes that are associated with serious illness in hosts with sickle cell disease (SCD), multiple pathogens are implicated in infectious manifestations of SCD. Variations in clinical practice have been an obstacle...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Obaro SK,Iroh Tam PY

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell disorder that occurs worldwide and results in significant morbidity and mortality. In addition to affected children who are born in the US, an increasing number of children with SCD are migrating to the US with their families or through international adoption. C...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Thornburg CD,Ware RE

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Mexico, childhood cancer incidence and mortality have increased in the last decade. Through government actions since 2005, the Popular Medical Insurance (PMI) program for childhood cancer was created. The objective of PMI was to offer early cancer diagnosis, standardized treatment regimens, and numerous pediatric o...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rivera-Luna R,Zapata-Tarres M,Shalkow-Klincovstein J,Velasco-Hidalgo L,Olaya-Vargas A,Finkelstein-Mizrahi N,Cárdenas-Cardós R,Aguilar-Ortiz MR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children treated with cranial radiotherapy (CRT) for leukemia are at risk of developing central nervous system injuries. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) represents the examination method of choice for evaluating radiation-induced brain complications. The purpose of this report is to describe the spectrum of...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Faraci M,Morana G,Bagnasco F,Barra S,Polo P,Hanau G,Fioredda F,Caruso S,Rossi A,Spaziante R,Haupt R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Research using banked tissue is key to advancing risk-stratification and treatment of children with cancer. Knowledge of parental attitudes to ethical issues arising in tissue banking is very limited but essential in obtaining respectful consent. METHODS:One hundred parents of consecutively diagnosed children ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： McMurter B,Parker L,Fraser RB,Magee JF,Kozancyzn C,Fernandez CV

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thiotepa and carboplatin are known to be active in central nervous system tumors. Topotecan potentiates the anti-cancer effects of alkylators and crosses the blood-brain barrier. We present ten patients with recurrent or progressive central nervous system malignancies treated on a myeloablative regimen using...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Gilheeney SW,Khakoo Y,Souweidane M,Wolden S,Boulad F,Dunkel IJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with radiotherapy (RT) is associated with an increased risk of second malignant neoplasms (SMNs) in childhood cancer survivors; it is unclear how treatment with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) impacts this risk. We provide the first report of SMN risk in a cohort of childhood cancer su...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Casey DL,Friedman DN,Moskowitz CS,Hilden PD,Sklar CA,Wexler LH,Wolden SL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Osteopontin (OPN) has been investigated as a biomarker for cancer and nonmalignant diseases during the last decades. Data about OPN as a potential biomarker in childhood diseases are still sparse, and reference values are not available in children. We aimed to establish reference values for children from birth to y...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Nourkami-Tutdibi N,Graf N,Beier R,Zemlin M,Tutdibi E

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:This study describes hydroxyurea use among children ages 1 to 17 with sickle cell anemia (SCA) enrolled in at least one year of Medicaid in six states from 2005 to 2012. Administrative claims were used to summarize the number of days' supply of hydroxyurea dispensed by state and year. A total of 7963 children with SCA...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Reeves SL,Jary HK,Gondhi JP,Raphael JL,Lisabeth LD,Dombkowski KJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00