Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist aprepitant, plus a 5HT3 antagonist and corticosteroid is well-tolerated and effective in preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in adults but has not been formally assessed in adolescents. PROCEDURE:Patients age 11-19 years old receiving emetogenic chemother...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Gore L,Chawla S,Petrilli A,Hemenway M,Schissel D,Chua V,Carides AD,Taylor A,Devandry S,Valentine J,Evans JK,Oxenius B,Adolescent Aprepitant in Cancer Study Group.

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) refractory to first-line treatment with systemic corticosteroids results in increased morbidity and potential mortality. We retrospectively assessed the feasibility and efficacy of catheter-directed intra-arterial platelet infusion (IAPI) in two pediatric patient...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kably IM,Ziga ED,Andreansky M

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:High birth weight increases the risk of childhood acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) through unknown mechanisms. Whether this risk is specific to ALL subtypes is unknown, and low case numbers have prevented investigation of the rarer leukemias. Here we address these associations using a large population-based dat...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： O'Neill KA,Bunch KJ,Vincent TJ,Spector LG,Moorman AV,Murphy MF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distinguishing alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) from embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) has historically been of prognostic and therapeutic importance. However, classification has been complicated by shifting histologic criteria required for an ARMS diagnosis. Children's Oncology Group (COG) studies after IRS...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rudzinski ER,Anderson JR,Chi YY,Gastier-Foster JM,Astbury C,Barr FG,Skapek SX,Hawkins DS,Weigel BJ,Pappo A,Meyer WH,Arnold MA,Teot LA,Parham DM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) is a common complication after stem cell transplantation (SCT) that occurs more frequently in patients with Fanconi anemia (FA) because of hypersensitivity of their cells to the agents used in the preparation for SCT (chemo and radiation). Many HC cases respond to therapy with hyperhydration ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Al-Seraihi A,Ayas M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary choriocarcinoma of the liver is an extremely rare childhood malignancy frequently associated with clinical instability at initial presentation. It often mimics other benign and malignant childhood liver tumors. Prompt diagnosis and initiation of treatment are necessary to attain a successful outcome. We descri...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Yoon JM,Burns RC,Malogolowkin MH,Mascarenhas L

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the latency to diagnosis (LD) and the time to completion of chemotherapy (TCC) with clinical outcomes in children with osteosarcoma. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of all patients who received treatment for osteosarcoma in two tert...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Vasquez L,Silva J,Chavez S,Zapata A,Diaz R,Tarrillo F,Maza I,Sialer L,García J

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：: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：:A 6-year-old male with chronic granulomatous disease, who was transplanted with bone marrow and exhibited increasing mixed chimerism, subsequently received two donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI). Two weeks after the second DLI, the patient developed acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and progressive pancytopenia tha...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kato I,Umeda K,Awaya T,Yui Y,Niwa A,Fujino H,Matsubara H,Watanabe K,Heike T,Adachi N,Endo F,Mizukami T,Nunoi H,Nakahata T,Adachi S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis is among the rare complications after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and is usually associated with chronic GVHD. Herein, we report a 2-year and 10 months of age female with Griscelli syndrome, who developed severe myasthenia gravis at post-transplant +22nd month and required resp...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Unal S,Sag E,Kuskonmaz B,Kesici S,Bayrakci B,Ayvaz DC,Tezcan I,Yalnızoglu D,Uckan D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Thalassemia major (TM) is an inherited disorder caused by ineffective erythropoiesis. At the present time, allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is a curative option. Conventional busulfan and cyclophosphamide based myeloablative conditioning regimens are limited by increased toxicity, especially...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sheth V,Grisariu S,Avni B,Stepensky P,Ashkenazi M,Shapira MY,Or R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy of therapeutic strategies relative to patient- and family-centered outcomes in pediatric oncology must be assessed. We sought to identify outcomes important to children with acute myeloid leukemia and their families related to inpatient versus at-home management of neutropenia. We conducted qualitative interv...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Szymczak JE,Getz KD,Madding R,Fisher B,Raetz E,Hijiya N,Gramatges MM,Henry M,Mian A,Arnold SD,Aftandilian C,Collier AB,Aplenc R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abandonment of treatment is one of the toughest challenges to deal with in pediatric oncology. It leads to unnecessary mortality and morbidity in patients from low- and middle-income countries. PROCEDURE:The objective of our retrospective study was to determine the prevalence and predictors for abandonment ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Siddiqui DE,Ashraf MS,Iftikhar S,Belgaumi AF

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma (PMH) is a rare, mostly indolent vascular tumor. Extensive cases are treated with amputation as chemotherapy seems to be ineffective. Recently, promising results were published using mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors in tumors of vascular origin. Here, we present a cas...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Gabor KM,Sapi Z,Tiszlavicz LG,Fige A,Bereczki C,Bartyik K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia is a well-recognized complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We report on a 6-year-old boy with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy who developed severe delayed alloimmune hemolytic anemia associated with immune-mediated neutropenia and thrombocytopenia following major ABO i...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Chao MM,Levine JE,Ferrara JL,Cooling L,Cooke KR,Hutchinson RJ,Yanik GA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the safety, efficacy, and PK profile of intravenous busulfan (Bu) in the context of a Bu and cyclophosphamide (IVBuCy) preparative regimen in children undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). METHODS:Twenty-four children were enrolled in an open-label, multicenter tria...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Wall DA,Chan KW,Nieder ML,Hayashi RJ,Yeager AM,Kadota R,Przepiorka D,Mezzi K,Kletzel M,Pediatric Blood, Marrow Transplant Consortium.

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid dysfunction has been reported in up to 52% of patients 1.4 years after treatment with (131) I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) in children with neuroblastoma (NBL), despite the use of potassium-iodide (KI). Our aim was to investigate if the incidence and severity of thyroid damage increases in time. M...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Clement SC,van Eck-Smit BL,van Trotsenburg AS,Kremer LC,Tytgat GA,van Santen HM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to evaluate self-reported reproductive characteristics and markers of ovarian function in a nationwide cohort of female survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), because prior investigations have produced conflicting data. PROCEDURE:Self-reported reproductive characteristics wer...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Roshandel R,van Dijk M,Overbeek A,Kaspers G,Lambalk C,Beerendonk C,Bresters D,van der Heiden-van der Loo M,van den Heuvel-Eibrink M,Kremer L,Loonen J,van der Pal H,Ronckers C,Tissing W,Versluys B,van Leeuwen F,van den Ber

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with high-risk neuroblastoma underwent the second stem cell collection round with G-CSF (5 μg/kg/day) + plerixafor (0.24 mg/kg/day) because the amount of CD34(+) cells collected during the first collection round with G-CSF alone was insufficient. The number of CD34(+) cells collected in the second collect...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Son MH,Kang ES,Kim DH,Lee SH,Yoo KH,Sung KW,Koo HH,Kim DW,Kim JY,Cho EJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy associated with morbidity and mortality. We sought to understand family planning intentions of parents of young children with SCD including the awareness of three reproductive options (adoption, in vitro fertilization with egg/sperm donatio...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schultz CL,Tchume-Johnson T,Jackson T,Enninful-Eghan H,Schapira MM,Smith-Whitley K

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pegasparaginase (PEG) is important for treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Despite conjugation to polyethylene glycol to reduce immunogenicity, allergic reactions still occur and may be severe. Traditionally, PEG is given via intramuscular (IM) injection but recent protocols have shown it can be...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Pidaparti M,Bostrom B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have evaluated social determinants of outcomes disparities for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We investigated the association of area deprivation index (ADI), a measure of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, with overall survival (OS) among children and adolescents with AL...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schraw JM,Peckham-Gregory EC,Rabin KR,Scheurer ME,Lupo PJ,Oluyomi A

更新日期：2020-09-01 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: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：:Minimal residual disease (MRD) is an independent predictor of relapse risk in children with leukemia and is widely used for risk-adapted treatment. This article summarizes current evidence supporting the use of MRD, including clinical significance, current international clinical practice, impact statement, and recomme...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Athale UH,Gibson PJ,Bradley NM,Malkin DM,Hitzler J,POGO MRD Working Group.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incompatibility causing fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) results from a fetus inheriting a paternal human platelet antigen (HPA), which is different from the maternal HPA. We present a unique case of FNAIT in a pregnancy involving an oocyte recipient mother with Turner syndrome. This is the f...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Barg AA,Ifrah AD,Strauss T,Simchen MJ,Orvieto R,Rosenberg N,Kenet G

更新日期：2017-08-01 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