Changes in hepatitis B antibody status after chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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:Primary stroke prevention programmes for children with sickle cell disease (SCD) have been shown to be feasible interventions in resource-poor countries. Different hydroxyurea (HU) regimens have been utilised in ameliorating the severity of SCD. OBJECTIVE:To determine the long-term outcomes of the stroke pr...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Lagunju IA,Labaeka A,Ibeh JN,Orimadegun AE,Brown BJ,Sodeinde OO

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal malignancies that occur throughout the lifespan. The impact of age on disease features and outcome is unclear. METHODS:We analyzed the clinical features and outcome of all STS cases registered between 1973 and 2006 in the SEER database. RE...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ferrari A,Sultan I,Huang TT,Rodriguez-Galindo C,Shehadeh A,Meazza C,Ness KK,Casanova M,Spunt SL

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a genetic overgrowth and cancer predisposition syndrome, associated with both benign and malignant adrenal findings. Literature review and an institutional case series elucidate the wide spectrum of adrenal findings in BWS patients. The altered expression of the 11p15 region is lik...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： MacFarland SP,Mostoufi-Moab S,Zelley K,Mattei PA,States LJ,Bhatti TR,Duffy KA,Brodeur GM,Kalish JM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leydig cell tumors account for 3% of testicular tumors and have never been reported after treatment for Ewing's sarcoma. We report the unusual occurrence of a patient who developed a Leydig cell tumor of the testis 18 years after successful treatment for Ewing's sarcoma. Additional monitoring for second malignancies m...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Butros LJ,Phillip S,Chou A,Meyers PA,Huvos AG,Healey JH,Russo P,Gorlick RG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined patterns of failure in pediatric patients with thoracic sarcoma and pulmonary metastases treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy with dose-painting (DP-IMRT). PROCEDURE:Eleven pediatric patients, five with Ewing sarcoma family tumors (ESFT) and six with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), with pr...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yang JC,Wexler LH,Meyers PA,Happersett L,La Quaglia MP,Wolden SL

更新日期：2013-10-01 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

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：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:Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is characterized by uncontrolled inflammation that is generally fatal without immune modulating chemotherapy. At Texas Children's Hospital, we have observed significant central nervous system (CNS) toxicity in several patients treated for HLH according to the Histiocy...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Thompson PA,Allen CE,Horton T,Jones JY,Vinks AA,McClain KL

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on platelet recovery in childhood chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A multi-center randomized controlled trial was conducted. Patients aged 4-18 years, diagnosed with chronic ITP, defined by platelet count belo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Treepongkaruna S,Sirachainan N,Kanjanapongkul S,Winaichatsak A,Sirithorn S,Sumritsopak R,Chuansumrit A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Palliative radiation therapy (pRT) is often used to improve quality of life for pediatric patients. Though palliative doses are generally lower than those for cure, pRT may still introduce undesirable effects. The decision to pursue additional therapy for a child may be challenging and depends on parents' kn...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Lee BK,Boyle PJ,Zaslowe-Dude C,Wolfe J,Marcus KJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Malignant degeneration frequently arises from preexisting plexiform neurofibroma in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Image guided biopsy for diagnostic purposes, such as with CT guidance, can be technically challenging in these patients, as CT cannot distinguish malignant from benign areas within the same...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Koethe Y,Widemann BC,Hajjar F,Wood BJ,Venkatesan AM

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:We describe five cases of children who completed chemotherapy for infantile acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and soon after were diagnosed with severe T-cell, non-HIV immunodeficiency, with varying B-cell and NK-cell depletion. There was near absence of CD3(+) , CD4(+) , and CD8(+) cells. All patients developed mult...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Geerlinks AV,Issekutz T,Wahlstrom JT,Sullivan KE,Cowan MJ,Dvorak CC,Fernandez CV

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The male excess in childhood cancer incidence is well-established; however, the underlying biologic mechanisms remain unknown. Examining the association between male sex and childhood cancer by single year of age and tumor type may highlight important periods of risk such as variation in growth and hormonal ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Williams LA,Richardson M,Marcotte EL,Poynter JN,Spector LG

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children less than 5 years of age with malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumors, continue to have a high rate of morbidity and mortality following administration of conventional therapy. In an attempt to avoid the neurologic sequelae associated with craniospinal radiation, strategies such as high-dose c...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Choi LM,Rood B,Kamani N,La Fond D,Packer RJ,Santi MR,Macdonald TJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wilms tumor is the most common pediatric renal malignancy, but the parameters that are important to its invasion capacity are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to identify new proteins associated with the invasion capacity of Wilms tumor. PROCEDURE:Gene expression profiles for 15 primary Wilms tu...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chetcuti A,Aktas S,Mackie N,Ulger C,Toruner G,Alkan M,Catchpoole D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parents and physicians may have different understandings of a child's risk of future limitations due to cancer or cancer treatment. We evaluated alignment between parent- and physician-estimated risk of late effects. METHODS:We surveyed 352 parents of children with cancer within 12 weeks of diagnosis, and t...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Greenzang KA,Cronin AM,Kang T,Mack JW

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 10-year-old male with Hb E/Beta thalassemia disease who developed chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome after successful allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). He exhibited a recurrent ischemic stroke on day 368 post-SCT while on cyclosporine A, azathioprine, ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sirachainan N,Pakakasama S,Hongeng S,Chuansumrit A,Tuntiyatorn L,Vilaiyuk S

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to assess patterns of failure in pediatric patients with intracranial germ cell tumors (GCT) treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy with dose painting (DP-IMRT). PROCEDURE:Between July 2007 and October 2013, 11 patients with localized GCT-five germinomas and six nongerminoma GCT (NGGCT...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yang JC,Terezakis SA,Dunkel IJ,Gilheeney SW,Wolden SL

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency that affects the oxidative mechanism of microbial killing of phagocytic cells. The defect is characterized by a lack or severely reduced superoxide anion (O2-) production by phagocytes. Seventy percent of CGD cases are X-linked (X-CGD) and they are caus...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Barese CN,Copelli SB,De Matteo E,Zandomeni R,Salgueiro F,Di Giovanni D,Heyworth P,Rivas EM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poikiloderma with neutropenia (PN) is a genodermatosis characterized by poikiloderma, permanent neutropenia, recurrent infections, nail abnormalities, and palmoplantar hyperkeratosis. We report the case of a Tunisian patient with PN. Skin lesions started from the face and spread to the extremities and trunk. Neutropen...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sakka R,Mahjoub B,Kerkeni E,Werdani A,Boussoffara R,Ben Cheikh H,M'rad R,Sfar MT

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess glomerular and tubular renal function after HSCT in children in a prospective trial. METHODS:Renal function was assessed prospectively before HSCT (on day -10), on days +30, +100, and at least 6 months after transplantation in 34 patients (21 females/13 males) with a mean...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hazar V,Gungor O,Guven AG,Aydin F,Akbas H,Gungor F,Tezcan G,Akman S,Yesilipek A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sorafenib is an inhibitor of multiple kinases (e.g., VEGF receptors, PDGFR, FLT3, RET, BRAF, KIT) and is approved by FDA for treatment of two adult cancers. The activity of sorafenib was evaluated against the PPTP's in vitro and in vivo panels. PROCEDURES:Sorafenib was evaluated against the PPTP in vitro pa...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

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

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undernutrition impacts clinical outcome adversely in children with cancer. This study aimed to validate a nutritional algorithm with specific application to the low- and middle-income country (LMIC) setting. PROCEDURE:Fifty children with a new diagnosis of cancer were enrolled in this randomized interventio...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Totadri S,Trehan A,Mahajan D,Viani K,Barr R,Ladas EJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00