Sarcopenia is a prognostic outcome marker in children with high-risk hepatoblastoma.

abstract：:To assess safety and tolerability, we administered valacyclovir, an oral anti-viral medication that inhibits erythrocyte sickling in vitro, to 14 subjects with sickle-cell anemia for 1 week at a standard dose of 1,000 mg every 8 hr. No clinically significant adverse effects occurred. In 11 subjects in steady state, th...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ender KL,DeBellis RH,Erlanger BF,Billote GB,Brittenham GM

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS), a rare vascular sarcoma with a clinically indolent course, frequently presents with metastases. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a promising therapeutic target. In a phase-II trial of the VEGF receptor inhibitor cediranib for adults with ASPS, the partial respon...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cohen JW,Widemann BC,Derdak J,Dombi E,Goodwin A,Dompierre J,Onukwubiri U,Steinberg SM,O'Sullivan Coyne G,Kummar S,Chen AP,Glod J

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Bleomycin is associated with pulmonary toxic side effects including pneumonitis and pulmonary fibrosis. We evaluated the prevalence of long-term pulmonary function abnormalities in children receiving bleomycin therapy in the context of current chemotherapeutic regimens. METHODS:A retrospective review of pat...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： De A,Guryev I,LaRiviere A,Kato R,Wee CP,Mascarenhas L,Keens TG,Venkatramani R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescents with cancer report a strong desire to be actively involved in personal healthcare decision making. The purpose of this study was to examine adolescent cancer patients' involvement in conversations about relapsed and refractory disease, to characterize the content of patient-clinician communicatio...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Frederick NN,Mack JW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) negatively impacts patients' quality of life. The emetogenicity of high-dose methotrexate in children and adolescents with cancer is incompletely characterized. At our institution, a number of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have received aprep...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Felix-Ukwu F,Reichert K,Bernhardt MB,Schafer ES,Berger A

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：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:Acinic cell carcinoma (AciCC) is rare in children; therefore, reaching a consensus on its management is challenging and radiotherapy is limited by concerns about long-term toxicity. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness and safety of surgery plus postoperative 125 I interstitial brachythe...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Li J,Zhang J,Lyu XM,Huang MW,Zheng L,Zhang JG

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:The optimal dose and schedule of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in pediatric allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients remains to be determined. We previously reported safety and pharmacokinetics of MMF at 900 mg/m2 q6h dosing. This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of tacrolimus plus q8h MMF dos...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Militano O,Ozkaynak MF,Mehta B,van deVen C,Hamby C,Cairo MS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in infants within the first 6 weeks of life. Diagnosis of HLH was made early after symptoms started. All three cases were successfully treated with dexamethasone and none relapsed, indicating that not all cases of HLH in very young infants are familial....

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Tanoshima R,Takahashi H,Hokosaki T,Yamaguchi K,Goto S,Kai S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several sickle cell clinical trials have closed due to inability to enroll patients. To limit the early cessation of a proposed clinical trial due to low accrual rates, we sought to better understand barriers and facilitators to enrolling parents of children with sickle cell anemia (SCD) into clinical trials...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Lebensburger JD,Sidonio RF,Debaun MR,Safford MM,Howard TH,Scarinci IC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insomnia is common among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is considered the gold standard treatment. Standard CBT-I was designed for adults and not adapted to the unique medical, psychosocial, and developmental needs of AYA cancer survivors,...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Zhou ES,Recklitis CJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer among infants (<1 year old) has unique epidemiologic, clinical, and genetic characteristics compared with cancer in older children. Nonetheless, data on secular trends in infant cancer incidence and survival in the United States is sparse. METHODS:Population-based data from nine areas of the Surveill...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Wang H,Mejia MC,Gonzalez SJ,Zoorob RJ,Chai W,Du XL

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Our objectives were to design and validate methods to identify relapse and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) using administrative data representing hospitalizations at US pediatric institutions. METHODS:We developed daily billing and ICD-9 c...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cahen VC,Li Y,Getz KD,Elgarten CW,DiNofia AM,Wilkes JJ,Winestone LE,Huang YV,Miller TP,Gramatges MM,Rabin KR,Fisher BT,Aplenc R,Seif AE

更新日期：2020-05-11 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：:Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare acquired clonal stem cell disorder. Eculizumab and bone marrow transplantation are disease-modifying treatments for PNH but may not be readily available in resource-constrained settings. Of 52 pediatric patients with PNH, 20 had classical PNH and 32 had PNH/aplastic ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Halder R,Mishra P,Aggarwal M,Mannivanan P,Dhawan R,Seth T,Tyagi S,Mahapatra M,Pati HP,Saxena R

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an inherited condition causing numerous adenomatous colorectal polyps and a markedly elevated risk of colon cancer. FAP may be associated with various extracolonic manifestations such as desmoid fibromatosis and osteomas (termed Gardner's syndrome) and brain tumors, usually medu...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Goodin GS,McCarville MB,Thibodeau SN,Skapek SX,Khoury JD,Spunt SL

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：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:Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) is a potentially life-threatening complication, detected by echocardiographic evidence of elevated tricuspid regurgitant velocity (TRV). This condition has been described in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) and other hemolytic disorders; however, there is little information...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ambrusko SJ,Gunawardena S,Sakara A,Windsor B,Lanford L,Michelson P,Krishnamurti L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The views and clinical practice of children's cancer units were surveyed regarding management of central venous catheter (CVC) occlusion (CVC-occlusion), CVC-related thrombosis (CVC-thrombosis) and thromboembolism (CVC-thromboembolism). PROCEDURE:A questionnaire was sent to all 22 United Kingdom Children's ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Skinner R,Koller K,McIntosh N,McCarthy A,Pizer B,United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG).,Paediatric Oncology Nursing Forum (PONF) Supportive Care Group.

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fever and neutropenia (F&N) is a pediatric oncology emergency due to the risk of disseminated infection. Quality improvement (QI) efforts to improve time to antibiotics for F&N in the emergency department have been documented, but the issue has not been studied in the established inpatient setting. PROCEDUR...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Green AL,Yi J,Bezler N,Pikman Y,Tubman VN,Obeng EA,O'Neil T,Mersereau R,Morrissey L,Billett AL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information on the epidemiology of pediatric liver tumors in Latin America is limited. PURPOSE:To describe the incidence of liver tumors in a pediatric registry in Argentina according to geographic region, national trends over 16 years, and survival related to stage, age, sex, and care center. METHODS:Newl...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Moreno F,Rose A,Chaplin MA,Cipolla MC,García Lombardi M,Nana M,Cervio G,Halac E,Viso M,Ayarzabal V,Bosaleh A,Liberto D,Sarabia E,Rizzi A,Morici M,Streitenberger P,de Dávila MTG

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:We report the case of a drug interaction between methotrexate (MTX) and chloral hydrate (CH) observed in a child treated for acute leukemia. Significantly slower MTX clearance and increased MTX exposure occurred on the first three courses of a high-dose chemotherapy when co-administered with CH despite normal renal fu...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Dao K,Ivanyuk A,Buclin T,Beck-Popovic M,Diezi M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide, hemoglobinopathies affect millions of children. Identification of hemoglobin disorders in most sub-Saharan African countries is delayed until clinical signs of the disease are present. Limited studies have been conducted to understand their prevalence and clinical presentation among newborns in re...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ambrose EE,Makani J,Chami N,Masoza T,Kabyemera R,Peck RN,Kamugisha E,Manjurano A,Kayange N,Smart LR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contemporary descriptions of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) are lacking from sub-Saharan Africa where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are prevalent. METHODS:We describe a prospective cHL cohort in Malawi enrolled from 2013 to 2015. Patients received standardized treatment a...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Westmoreland KD,Stanley CC,Montgomery ND,Kaimila B,Kasonkanji E,El-Mallawany NK,Wasswa P,Mtete I,Butia M,Itimu S,Chasela M,Mtunda M,Chikasema M,Makwakwa V,Kampani C,Dhungel BM,Sanders MK,Krysiak R,Tomoka T,Liomba NG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00