Recommendations for medical care in the pediatric oncology camp setting: Consensus statements based on Delphi methodology.

abstract：:We report two survivors of Wilms tumor (WT) who developed inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). The first patient had IMT in the mainstem bronchus 1 year after WT therapy that included vincristine, dactinomycin, doxorubicin (VDA) and whole lung radiation therapy (XRT). The second patient had IMT in the cecum 7 yea...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ortiz MV,Rossi CT,Hill DA,Guzzetta PC,Qureshi F,Dome JS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare the health related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents after malignant bone tumor surgery of the leg with healthy controls. PROCEDURE:Patients between 8 and 25 years old were cross-sectional recruited. Patients under 16 years of age received the TNO (Netherlands O...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bekkering WP,Vliet Vlieland TP,Koopman HM,Schaap GR,Schreuder HW,Beishuizen A,Tissing WJ,Hoogerbrugge PM,Anninga JK,Taminiau AH

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Acute splenic sequestration crisis (ASSC) is a hematological emergency in young children with sickle cell disease (SCD), characterized by worsening anemia and splenomegaly, usually with reticulocytosis and thrombocytopenia. Transient aplastic crisis (TAC) due to parvovirus B19 infection occurs in older children with S...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yates AM,Hankins JS,Mortier NA,Aygun B,Ware RE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various projects dedicated specifically to adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer have been developed in recent years. A critical aspect of such programs is the ability to demonstrate its value, and therefore how to measure desired outcomes. METHODS:A list of metrics to consider for demonstrating th...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ferrari A,Silva M,Veneroni L,Magni C,Clerici CA,Meazza C,Terenziani M,Spreafico F,Chiaravalli S,Casanova M,Luksch R,Catania S,Schiavello E,Biassoni V,Podda M,Bergamaschi L,Puma N,Indini A,Proserpio T,Massimino M

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:The Standards, Options, and Recommendations (SOR) project undertaken by the French National Federation of Cancer Centers (FNCLCC) to develop and disseminate clinical practice guidelines in oncology has now been taken over by the French National Cancer Institute. In 2007, the SOR updated the information related to the ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Marec-Berard P,Chastagner P,Kassab-Chahmi D,Casadevall N,Marchal C,Misset JL,Ray-Coquard I

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Wilms tumor (WT), mutations in the gene encoding p53, TP53, are correlated with anaplasia; however TP53 variants have not been studied in favorable histology (FH) WTs. A single nucleotide polymorphism of TP53 encoding either arginine or proline at codon 72 is suggested to alter in vitro p53 behavior. Therefore, we ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cost NG,Mitui M,Khokhar S,Wickiser JE,Baker LA,Rakheja D

更新日期：2012-08-01 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:Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is the most common non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children. The mortality and morbidity of JXG with extracutaneous lesions remain unclear. METHODS:Data of patients aged < 18 years who were diagnosed with JXG between 2001 and 2010 were retrospectively collected through a ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Maeda M,Morimoto A,Shioda Y,Asano T,Koga Y,Nakazawa Y,Kanegane H,Kudo K,Ohga S,Ishii E,Histiocytosis Study Group of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology\/Oncology.

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Little information is available on cytogenetic abnormalities and their prognostic importance in childhood mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL). We performed a review of 79 abnormal karyotypes in childhood B-NHL treated by a uniform protocol. Del(17p) was independently associated with significantly inferior event...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sekimizu M,Mori T,Kikuchi A,Mitsui T,Sunami S,Kobayashi R,Fujita N,Inada H,Takimoto T,Saito AM,Watanabe T,Fujimoto J,Nakazawa A,Ohshima K,Horibe K,Tsurusawa M,Lymphoma Committee of the Japanese Pediatric Leukemia\/Lymphom

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion(I)/deletion(D) polymorphism influences the outcome of a number of cardiovascular diseases. ACE I/D polymorphism was investigated by PCR in 207 pediatric cancer patients and 144 controls. ACE I/D distribution of patients and controls was similar. The frequency of the D...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bárdi E,Jenei C,Kiss C

更新日期：2005-08-01 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:We report on the treatment of children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in first relapse. The protocol focused on: (1) Intensive chemotherapy preceding allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in early bone marrow relapse; (2) Rotational chemotherapy in late relapse, without donor; (...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： van den Berg H,de Groot-Kruseman HA,Damen-Korbijn CM,de Bont ES,Schouten-van Meeteren AY,Hoogerbrugge PM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease, frequently affecting young children. PROCEDURE:We performed a retrospective study in patients younger than 16 years old manifesting with skin symptoms, and documented their different cutaneous lesions and systemic symptoms. We compared subgroups of chil...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Morren MA,Vanden Broecke K,Vangeebergen L,Sillevis-Smitt JH,Van Den Berghe P,Hauben E,Jacobs S,Van Gool SW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SIOPEL protocols have recommended liver transplantation for unresectable hepatoblastoma (HBL) after chemotherapy in absence of visible extrahepatic disease. METHODS:This retrospective single center study includes 13 children treated following SIOPEL 3 or 4 protocols who underwent orthotopic liver transplant...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Héry G,Franchi-Abella S,Habes D,Brugières L,Martelli H,Fabre M,Pariente D,Gauthier F,Jacquemin E,Branchereau S

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The BRAF V600E missense mutation is known to be present in a subset of central nervous system tumors. We report a patient with a BRAF V600E mutated pilomyxoid astrocytoma who failed multiple conventional chemotherapy regimens. Treatment with vemurafenib, a molecularly targeted therapy against the mutant BRAF V600E kin...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Skrypek M,Foreman N,Guillaume D,Moertel C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newborn with unresectable kaposiform hemangioendothelioma associated with Kasabach Merritt phenomenon, unresponsive to vincristine and prednisone, received second-line treatment with propranolol at a dose of 2 mg/kg/day, starting at 2 months of life and continued for 13 months. There was only slight reduction in tum...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Filippi L,Tamburini A,Berti E,Perrone A,Defilippi C,Favre C,Calvani M,Della Bona ML,la Marca G,Donzelli G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A contemporaneous presentation of a second breast cancer in a mother and an extremity rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) in her daughter led to the diagnosis of the Li Fraumeni syndrome (LFS). Although the association between LFS and RMS in young patients is well recognised 1 there are no guidelines as to how this knowledge shoul...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Trahair T,Andrews L,Cohn RJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress has been made in resource-limited countries in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but advances in solid malignancies have been slower. Multidisciplinary care coordination is challenging, assessing adherence to guidelines through quality improvement initiatives is essential. We characterized deviations fro...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Power-Hays A,Friedrich P,Fernandez G,Cruz NA,Marcus K,Rodriguez-Galindo C,Collado L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the case report of a 14-year young female who was diagnosed with solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) of proximal tibia and was treated by local involved field radiotherapy. We present the clinical, radiological and pathological findings of the case and review of the available treatment options and prognosis of th...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kumar P,Sharma SC,Saikia UN,Kumar N,Vyas S,Angurana SL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SCH 727965 is a novel drug in clinical development that potently and selectively inhibits CDK1, CDK2, CDK5, and CDK9. The activity of SCH 727965 was evaluated against the PPTP's in vitro and in vivo panels. PROCEDURES:SCH 727965 was tested against the PPTP in vitro panel using 96 hours exposure at concentra...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Gorlick R,Kolb EA,Houghton PJ,Morton CL,Neale G,Keir ST,Carol H,Lock R,Phelps D,Kang MH,Reynolds CP,Maris JM,Billups C,Smith MA

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder characterized by a chronic hemolytic anemia that can contribute to fatigue and global cognitive impairment in patients. The study objective was to report on the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the PedsQL™ Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in SCD...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Panepinto JA,Torres S,Bendo CB,McCavit TL,Dinu B,Sherman-Bien S,Bemrich-Stolz C,Varni JW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Survivors of childhood brain tumors are at increased risk for neurocognitive impairments, including deficits in abilities supported by frontal brain regions. Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) metabolizes dopamine in the prefrontal cortex, with the Met allele resulting in greater dopamine availability and b...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Howarth RA,Adamson AM,Ashford JM,Merchant TE,Ogg RJ,Schulenberg SE,Ogg S,Li J,Wu S,Xiong X,Conklin HM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system irradiation (CNS-RT) has played a central role in the cure of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but due to the risk of long-term toxicity, it is now considered a less-favorable method of CNS-directed therapy. PROCEDURES:Retrospectively, we estimated the effect of CNS involvement and...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Taskinen M,Oskarsson T,Levinsen M,Bottai M,Hellebostad M,Jonsson OG,Lähteenmäki P,Schmiegelow K,Heyman M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroblastoma (NB) is cytogenetically characterized by a number of non-random events. However, knowledge is limited concerning the timing of occurrence and inter-action of many of these events. METHODS:Karyotypic patterns were obtained from a study group of 49 NB tumors that had been analyzed by conventiona...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Betts DR,Cohen N,Leibundgut KE,Kühne T,Caflisch U,Greiner J,Traktenbrot L,Niggli FK

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Premature newborns are vulnerable to iron imbalance, although the iron homeostasis during the perinatal period remains unclear. To clarify the iron metabolism of premature infants, we measured serum prohepcidin concentrations of preterm infants, and analyzed the association with iron parameters. METHODS:Sev...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kitajima J,Ohga S,Kinjo T,Ochiai M,Takahata Y,Honjo S,Hara T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is characterised by neonatal thrombocytopenia, with reduced or absent bone marrow megakaryocytes, leading eventually to pancytopenia. The mean age for progression to bone marrow failure is four years, with the earliest reported being six months. We describe a CAMT pat...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Stoddart MT,Connor P,Germeshausen M,Ballmaier M,Steward CG

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the incidence, clinical characteristics and survival of malignant tumours of the gastrointestinal tract in children in the West Midlands in Britain over a 44-year span time, to identify any change over this period and to compare the data with the world literature. PROCEDURE:Retrospective popu...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hameed R,Parkes S,Davies P,Morland BJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00