A pilot trial of tandem autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation following high-dose thiotepa and carboplatin in children with poor-risk central nervous system tumors.

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：AIM:In recent years, survival rates of childhood cancers have significantly increased, and occurrence of long-term adverse late effects (eg, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, hypertension) has become increasingly important. Early diagnosis of obesity/hypertension in childhood is essential to av...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Guler E,Col N,Buyukcelik M,Balat A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is yet to be established. We treated seven patients with etoposide alone at a dose of 100 mg/m2/day for 3 days given every 3 to 4 weeks for six cycles. Three patients had received prior chemotherapy, two patients were less than 2 years of age, and two had liver dysfunct...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Basade MM,Nair CN,Kurkure PA,Pai SK,Advani SH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) offers potential to monitor response and predict survival in high-grade gliomas (HGG) and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG). We hypothesized that post-radiotherapy DW-MRI may provide prognostic imaging biomarkers in children and young adults wit...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Carceller F,Jerome NP,Fowkes LA,Khabra K,Mackinnon A,Bautista F,Marshall LV,Vaidya S,Mandeville H,Morgan V,Leach MO,Koh DM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor XIII deficiency is a very rare bleeding disorder. We report here on the clinical outcome of a young child with intracranial bleeding due to factor XIII deficiency. Clinicians should bear in mind that severe factor XIII deficiency is associated with a significant risk of unexpected intracranial hemorrhage (ICH)....

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bay A,Sirikci A,Dogan A,Leblebisatan G,Yilmaz F

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:The authors aimed to investigate the efficacy of epoetin-alpha on hemoglobin levels and red cell transfusion requirement in children with both hematologic malignancy (HM, n = 27) and solid tumors (ST, n = 14). Epoetin-alpha was given (150 U/kg or 250 U/kg, thrice weekly) for 12 weeks. Epoetin alpha significantly incre...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Yilmaz D,Cetingül N,Kantar M,Oniz H,Kansoy S,Kavakli K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we aimed to determine serum adrenomedullin levels and compare them with levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT). Cancer patients aged 0-18 years who experienced febrile neutropenia attacks were included in the study. Adrenomedullin, CRP, and PCT were analyzed at admission, day 3, and ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Demirkaya M,Tugcu D,Akcay A,Aydogan G,Akıcı F,Salcioglu Z,Ekmekci H,Sevinir B,Balci Ekmekci O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study assessed changes in cerebral blood flow and need for chronic blood transfusions in sickle cell disease children after splenectomy. A retrospective chart review of 40 children splenectomized between 1999 and 2014 was performed. The mean time-average maximum velocity before splenectomy was 129 cm/sec; which in...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Siddiqui AH,Soh PB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor in childhood and is the most frequent neural crest tumor (NCT). More than 90% of the patients excrete high levels of vanilmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) in the urine. Original biochemical methods for measuring these two metabolites of catecholamines employe...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Gregianin LJ,McGill AC,Pinheiro CM,Brunetto AL

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：:Ondansetron (Zofron, Glaxo) and tropisetron (Navoban, Sandoz) are selective serotonin (5HT3) antagonists that have proven very effective in the prevention of vomiting and nausea in adults and children receiving cancer chemotherapy. This study compared the efficacy of the two agents in the prevention of vomiting and na...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Stiakaki E,Savvas S,Lydaki E,Bolonaki I,Kouvidi E,Dimitriou H,Kambourakis A,Kalmanti M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of a case of acute respiratory failure following the administration of intrathecal methotrexate (MTX) for prophylaxis of central nervous system leukemia (CNS) in a 3-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. This could be attributed to acute metabolic or direct toxic effects of methotrexate to ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Martins da Cunha AC,Bartsch CH,Gadner H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare genetically determined immunodeficiency. Neutrophils from CGD patients show a defective killing of phagocytosed fungi and bacteria, due not only to an impairment in oxidative burst, but also to absence of normal pH value within phagocytic vacuole following phagocytosis. Be...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Granzotto M,Leone V,Lepore L,Zerial M,Tommasini A,Ciambra R,Gombac F,Ventura A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the Fifth National Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS-5), tumor-specific loss of heterozygosity (LOH) for chromosomes 1p and 16q identifies a subset of patients with Wilms tumor (WT) who despite having favorable histology (FH) have a significantly increased risk of relapse and death. We aimed to find out 1p and 16q ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Fawzy M,Bahanassy A,Samir A,Hafez H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a child with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is characterized by an increased sensitivity of the erythrocyte to hemolytic action of complement. The widely used Ham test may not always be reliable. Recently, a panel of monoclonal antibodies has become available to detect various glycosylphosphatidyl...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kinugawa N,Shichishima T,Nishimura J,Kitani T

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescence is characterized by inter-related physiologic and emotional development. It is a particularly vulnerable period of life culminating into emergence as an adult. The majority of malignant bone tumors in pediatrics affect the adolescent patient. As a part of the treatment, amputation may be required for cure....

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Jaffe N,Zietz H

更新日期：2004-09-01 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

abstract：:Thrombo-embolism in childhood is a multifactorial disorder. The present study is a case-control study that investigated the role of genetic and acquired risk factors in 60 children with thrombosis and compared the results with the controls. Acquired and inherited risk factors precipitating thrombosis were present in 7...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Günes AM,Baytan B,Günay U

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine treatment outcome using ceftazidime-aminoglycosides in febrile neutropenic children with cancer, the authors conducted a prospective cohort study in 216 episodes. Early and complete responses to antibiotics were 108/216 (50.0%) and 133/216 (61.6%) episodes, respectively. Death, a modification of antibioti...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Laoprasopwattana K,Pruekprasert P,Laosombat V,Wongchanchailert M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hungarian Pediatric Oncology Working Group intended to change the practice of prescribing diagnostic tests as well as to examine the possibility of introducing indicators about the time factors of medical care. A nationwide accepted protocol was established for these tests. The examined time factors were the lengt...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Pásztélyi Z,Schuler D,Czvenits E

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low iron stores in children, absolute iron deficiency (AID), can lead to impaired neurodevelopment and requires iron therapy. In the presence of infection/inflammation, like in cystic fibrosis (CF), serum ferritin (SF) is not a reliable biomarker for AID. Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a promising alternat...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Akkermans MD,Uijterschout L,Nuijsink M,Hendriks DM,van Goudoever JB,Brus F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor X (FX) is the component of both extrinsic and intrinsic coagulation cascade and is the first enzyme of the common pathway which results in thrombus. Congenital FX deficiency (FXD) is an extremely rare coagulation defect. In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical and laboratory data of the patients dia...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Karabel M,Söker M,Yıldırım AT,Oymak Y,Kelekçi S,Karabel D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1981, the Children's Cancer and Leukemia Study Group (CCLSG) has developed a series of protocols for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in childhood. In the first randomized controlled study of the 811 protocol (1981-1983) a comparison of conventional daily 6-mercaptopurine and methotrexate with a p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Koizumi S,Fujimoto T,Oka T,Watanabe S,Kikuta A,Tsuchiya T,Matsushita T,Asami K,Yanase T,Mimaya J,Ohta S,Miyake M,Nishikawa K,Furuyama T,Yamamura Y,Takaue Y,Ninomiya T,Shimokawa T,Iwai A,Ishida Y,Ariyoshi N,Kimur

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumors (DLGNT) are rare tumors, recently recognized as a unique entity based on their unique pathologic and clinical characteristics. We report three cases of DLGNT and compare their clinical characteristics and presentation with other reported cases, and with primary leptom...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Abongwa C,Cotter J,Tamrazi B,Dhall G,Davidson T,Margol A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are limited studies that have focused on the causes for hospitalization as an indicator of morbidity in patients with β-thalassemia major (BTM). A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the main causes for hospitalization and death in hospitalized BTM patients in a referral hospital in Shiraz, southern...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bazrgar M,Peiravian F,Abedpour F,Karimi M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined both the endogenous and exogenous (therapy-related) pharmacokinetics of the cytokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in neutropenic children with solid and systemic malignancies. The daily endogenous GM-CSF serum concentration before application was 29 pg/mL. During the 10...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Müller CE,Mukodzi S,Reddemann H

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of a child with a relapsed state acute leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is a challenge. The authors report about a child with an acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), which relapsed after allo-SCT despite immunological intervention. It was further treated with a second line chem...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Hartwig M,Weigel S,Bernig T,Bader P,Dölken R,Beck J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single institution's experience of three patients with nephroblastoma extending via the inferior vena cava to the right heart is described. The case reports and the pertinent literature illustrate that preoperative failure to detect the intracardial extension increases the risk of right outflow obstruction and pulmo...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kremens B,Sadony V,Goepel M,Hellinger A,Havers W

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newborn infant presented with intraocular tumor that was clinically diagnosed as retinoblastoma and treated by exenteration of the globe. Within a few weeks however, a large abdominal mass was noted, which was found to involve the left kidney and right lobe of liver. Pathologic evaluation of the intraocular mass as ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Akhtar M,Ali MA,Sackey K,Bakry M,Johnson T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00