Pleuropulmonary blastoma: an aggressive intrathoracic neoplasm of childhood.

abstract：:Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors such as crizotinib and alectinib have been shown to have significant activity in ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). There are no data for alectinib's safety or efficacy in younger patients, though it is superior to crizotinib in adult trials. We present a 14...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Balzer BWR,Loo C,Wegner EA,Nath CE,Lee S,Smith C,Lewis CR,Trahair TN,Anazodo AC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperleukocytosis in patients with leukemia is associated with early mortality, especially due to the pulmonary and neurological complications of leukostasis. The prompt use of leukapheresis may improve patients' survival in the initial treatment period. The medical records of all previously untreated acute leukemia p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Yilmaz D,Karapinar B,Karadaş N,Duyu M,Yazici P,Ay Y,Balkan C,Aydinok Y,Kavakli K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the relation between clamping time and blood volume collected, and two enrichment systems of CD34+ stem cells from umbilical cord blood, to determine an excellent recovery with high proliferate ability and bone marrow reconstitution. After an obstetrician-based cord blood collection, the purificat...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Pafumi C,Bosco P,Cavallaro A,Farina M,Leonardi I,Pernicone G,Bandiera S,Russo A,Giardina P,Chiarenza M,Calogero AE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent guidelines recommend to assess emotional distress in pediatric oncology during treatment and in after care. One tool used to do this is the distress thermometer (DT), a simple tool which has almost exclusively been studied in its screening abilities. Given its increased used as a measure of distress p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Pépin AJ,Lippé S,Krajinovic M,Laverdière C,Michon B,Sinnett D,Sultan S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal and metabolic complications of tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) were recognized frequently in the 1960s and 1970s. Strategies were designed to prevent TLS. We conducted a retrospective chart review study to identify the current TLS risk in children with acute leukemia. Children were considered to have "laboratory tumo...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kedar A,Grow W,Neiberger RE

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of relapse were determined for 20 high-risk neuroblastoma patients treated with chemotherapy, surgery, primary and metastatic site radiation (21 Gray), myeloablative chemotherapy, peripheral blood stem cell rescue, and 13-cis-retinoic acid. The median follow-up duration after transplant is 21 months (range, 8...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Sangthawan D,DesRosiers PM,Randall ME,Robertson K,Goebel S,Fallon R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disaccharidases activity in the intestinal mucosa samples of rats was examined after intragastric and intramuscular methotrexate therapy. Methotrexate was given on a twice a week schedule (1 mg/kg body weight). The animals were sacrificed after 2 weeks, 1 month, and 2 months of this therapy. A statistically significan...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Dyduch A,Steplewski Z,Koehler M,Piszka B

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight children with HSP and 79 healthy children were entered into study. Activities of protein C, free-protein S and antithrombin, activated protein C resistance, levels of fibrinogen. D-dimer, thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT), prothrombin fragments 1 + 2 (PF(1+2)), and von Willebrand factor antigen (vWAg) a...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Yilmaz D,Kavakli K,Ozkayin N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-thalassemia major is a severe, transfusion-dependent anemia that also causes infertility due to iron deposition to endocrine organs after overtransfusion. Very few pregnancies have been reported among such patients after modern therapies. In this study, 32 women with thalassemia who were admitted to Ali Asghar Ch...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ansari S,Azarkeivan A,Tabaroki A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An episode of transient encephalopathy after the first course of intravenous high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX; 1000 mg/m2) was observed in a 4-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The neurological abnormalities took place 5 days after HD-MTX therapy. She experienced complex partial seizure and left hemipares...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kubo M,Azuma E,Arai S,Komada Y,Ito M,Sakurai M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) of the lung are reported. Symptomless "cystic" lesions were present on routine chest x ray. Morphological study of these peculiar lesions included light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural analysis. Histologic appearance of the lesion varied from the f...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Vujanić GM,Dojĉinov D

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated bone marrow (BM) recovery of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and hematopoietic microenvironment after chemotherapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Twenty-nine de novo childhood ALL patients were enrolled and BM biopsy sections at diagnosis (BM0), after induction (BM1), consolidation (BM...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Park SH,Lee MJ,Park CJ,Jang S,Seo EJ,Im HJ,Seo JJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-six patients with Ewing's sarcoma were analyzed as to the role of radiation therapy. Fifty-eight patients (P group) had removal of the involved part of the bone after preoperative chemotherapy, and 28 (NP group) had local treatment either at the same time or before chemotherapy. Thirty-six of 58 P-group patient...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Jereb B,Ong RL,Mohan M,Caparros B,Exelby P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible clinical application of the hypothesis that insufficient induction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase (DDC) causes accumulation and secretion of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) in unfavorable neuroblastomas, we measured plasma DOPA in 28 neuroblastoma patients. Abnormally high le...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ikeda H,Suzuki N,Takahashi A,Kuroiwa M,Matsuyama S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of pediatric severe aplastic anemia (SAA) with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), presents major challenges including the risks of graft failure, septic complications, and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Additive infusions of human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem ce...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Si Y,Yang K,Qin M,Zhang C,Du Z,Zhang X,Liu Y,Yue Y,Feng Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old boy with prolonged and marked leukopenia diagnosed at 6 months of age is described. The polymorphonuclear cells presented no hypersegmented nuclei or concentrated nuclear chromatin, although vacuolated myeloid cells appeared in bone marrow smears. Neutrophils reversed in response to administration of G-CS...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Arai J,Wakiguchi H,Hisakawa H,Kubota H,Kurashige T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently isolated peptide hormone, hepcidin, is thought to be the principal regulator of iron homeostasis. Hepcidin acts by limiting intestinal iron absorption and promoting iron retention in reticuloendothelial cells. Its precursor peptide form is called pro-hepcidin. The aims of this study were to determine serum ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Tiker F,Celik B,Tarcan A,Kilicdag H,Ozbek N,Gurakan B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advancements in surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy have greatly improved the cures rates for children with Wilms tumor. However, a number of therapy-related late effects have been observed in long-term survivors. Generally, late complications are a consequence of treatment type and intensity; the use of radiother...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Wright KD,Green DM,Daw NC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unexplained menorrhagia and hematuria occurred in a 13-year-old female with a mild inherited platelet disorder who had never experienced prior bleeding as a result of this disorder. An intensive search revealed that this patient was receiving coumadin that was given by the mother. In addition, the mother drew large vo...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Souid AK,Korins K,Keith D,Dubansky S,Sadowitz PD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FLT3 gene encodes a tyrosine kinase receptor that regulates proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells. Recently, the internal duplication of FLT3 has been observed in hematological malignancies, suggesting the involvement of these mutations in leukemogenesis. The authors analyzed the expression of F...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ishii E,Zaitsu M,Ihara K,Hara T,Miyazaki S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma presenting with obstructive jaundice is a rare event. Management of this condition includes surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, temporary cholecystostomy tube, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and internal biliary drainage (IBD). We herein describe our experience with one infant af...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Saettini F,Agazzi R,Giraldi E,Foglia C,Cavalleri L,Morali L,Fasolini G,Spotti A,Provenzi M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma (MB) is a cancer of the cerebellum and the most common primary pediatric malignancy of the central nervous system. Classified as a primitive neural ectoderm tumor; it is thought to arise from granule cell precursors in the cerebellum. The standard of care consists of surgery, chemotherapy and age-depen...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Byrd T,Grossman RG,Ahmed N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth was studied longitudinally in 19 children who were long-term survivors after acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Of the children, 13 were girls; 6 were boys. They had all undergone a 3-year cytostatic treatment period which included vincristine, adriamycin, asparaginase, methotrexate, purinethol, and prednisone...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Sempoux P,Moëll C,Cornu G,Malvaux P,Maes M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of eosinophilic meningitis 2 months before the appearance of lymphoblasts in the cerebrospinal fluid is described in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The peripheral blood showed no simultaneous eosinophilia. The child was successfully treated for her CNS relapse, and complete remission was easil...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Behrendt H,de Korte D,van Gennip AH,van Leeuwen EF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory neuroblastoma, a rare malignancy of the olfactory epithelium, is an uncommon tumor in children. It occurs mostly in older individuals and the treatment strategies are based on the experience with adults. In this report, clinical characteristics and treatment results of 2 patients with olfactory neuroblastoma...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Küpeli S,Yalçin B,Büyükpamukçu M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis is a fungal infection that is being observed increasingly in immunocompromised patients due to the use of more aggressive chemotherapeutic regimens. To our knowledge, no case of pneumothorax and pneumopericardium associated with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis has been reported to date. High-do...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Merino JM,Díaz MA,Ramírez M,Ruano D,Madero L

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial malignant solid tumors of childhood, and the majority of these high-risk tumors is resistant to nearly all the treatments and has a significantly worse outcome. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays a critical role in oncogenesis and cancer progression of man...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Mei H,Wang Y,Lin Z,Tong Q

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections remain a serious complication in pediatric oncology patients. To determine if daily bathing with Chlorhexidine gluconate can decrease the rate of nosocomial infection in pediatric oncology patients, we reviewed rates of infections in pediatric oncology patients over a 14-month span. Intervention group recei...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Raulji CM,Clay K,Velasco C,Yu LC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze the outcome and identify risk factors associated with progression-free survival (PFS) in 36 children with high-risk neuroblastoma who underwent autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) transplantation between 1994 and 2010. The conditioning regimen used in a...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Molina B,Alonso L,Gonzalez-Vicent M,Andion M,Hernandez C,Lassaletta A,Cormenzana M,Lopez-Ibor B,Villa M,Molina J,Diaz MA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary CNS germ cell tumors (GCT) arise in the suprasellar and pineal regions. Suprasellar GCT may remain radiographically occult during the early symptomatic period. Although theoretically possible, it is more difficult to identify presymptomatic disease in the pineal region. Given the sensitivity of GCT to cytotoxi...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： MacDonald SM,Desai N,Heller G,Rolnitzky L,Allen JC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00