Use of romiplostim for primary immune thrombocytopenia in children.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors report the experience at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles with brain tumors diagnosed before 6 months of age, describing the characteristics of the patients, their tumors, treatment strategies, and prognostic factors. METHODS:Thirty-three children who were identified between 1979 and 2005 wer...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Serowka K,Chiu Y,Gonzalez I,Gilles F,McComb G,Krieger M,Dhall G,Britt B,Ji L,Sposto R,Finlay JL

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) has been classified as high risk tumour in the previous UK and international Wilms tumor studies. The current Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) trial, UK version, advocates chemotherapy including doxorubicin prior to nephrectomy. Pathological staging and histology of the res...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ng A,Jenkinson H,Morland B,Grundy R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the management challenge provided by a patient with kaposiform hemangioendothelioma associated with Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon. A female child presented at 14 months of age with an ecchymotic swelling of her right upper arm and axilla. Subsequently, she developed profound thrombocytopenia and hypofibrinoge...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Blei F,Karp N,Rofsky N,Rosen R,Greco MA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor radiation, especially radon exposure, has been in focus in the public domain during the past several years. The growing concern among parents of children with cancer possibly having high radiation levels in their homes led us to study the levels of gamma- and alpha-radiation levels in the homes of a group of ch...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Stjernfeldt M,Samuelsson L,Ludvigsson J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have read, with great interest, the recent article by Lee. In this excellent study, the authors investigated the association between vitamin D deficiency and anemia in a nationally representative sample of Korean children and adolescents. They concluded that vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk of...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kartal Ö,Kartal AT

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and fatal hematological syndrome that causes a disturbance of the immune system. Overall mortality of HLH is greater than 50% and the majority of patients who die do so within the first 8 weeks of chemotherapy treatment. To find clinical parameters relating to high-ri...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Dao AT,Luong VT,Nguyen TT,Huynh QT,Phan TT,Lam MT,Ngoma AM,Koriyama C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) are epigenetic agents that display antitumor activities in experimental medulloblastoma (MB). Fingolimod (FTY720), an immunosuppressant agent currently used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, also has anticancer actions and can act as an HDACi. Here we examined whether fing...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Perla AS,Fratini L,Cardoso PS,de Farias CB,da Cunha Jaeger M,Roesler R

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake by positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging in sarcomas of adults has been reported. The current study aimed at defining the degree of (18)F-FDG uptake of pediatric sarcomas. This retrospective study included 29 patients (23 males, 6 females; mean a...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Walter F,Federman N,Apichairuk W,Nelson S,Phelps ME,Allen-Auerbach M,Walter MA,Czernin J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the quantitative aspects of the shift in production from fetal hemoglobin (HbF) to adult hemoglobin (HbA), the HbF and HbA mass were estimated in a preterm infant (gestational age 29 weeks) for 22 weeks after an exchange transfusion the second day of life, leading to an initial HbA% of 100. Up until the es...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Refsum HE,Bechensteen AG,Lindemann R

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile hemangioendothelioma is the most common hepatic vascular tumor in infants less than 6 months of age, with a prevalence of 1%. Serum alpha-fetoprotein levels have been used as an important tumor marker for hepatoblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and germ cell tumors. It is rarely elevated in hepatic hemangi...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Sari N,Yalçin B,Akyüz C,Haliloglu M,Büyükpamukçu M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a 10-year-old boy with beta-thalassemia major who received double-unit unrelated cord blood transplantation and had a rocky post-transplantation course that included an episode of massive pericardial effusion. Pericardial tube drainage was performed for evacuating fluid. Results showed hemorrhagic...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Chung HT,Hsieh TC,Yu MC,Chang YS,Lo WC,Jaing TH

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Metastatic osteosarcoma most commonly affects the lungs and other bones. Hepatic metastasis at the time of diagnosis is extremely rare. A 14-year-old boy with synovial sarcoma of the left popliteal fossa was treated with surgical resection, radiotherapy for microscopic residual disease, and 1 year of chemotherapy (vin...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Daw NC,Kaste SC,Hill DA,Kun LE,Pratt CB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some clinical manifestations of acute leukemia in children can mimic orthopedic conditions, and t is variable presentation often makes diagnosis difficult. Bone changes in leukemia are well documented, but there are only a few accounts of children with acute leukemia who present with bone fractures. This report descri...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Alioglu B,Tuncay IC,Ozyurek E,Avci Z,Ozbek N

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is one of the familial cancers characterized by different tumors and hereditary TP53 mutations. The adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) association with acute leukemia is unusual in childhood, even in LFS. The authors here present a family with pR337P mutation in TP53 gene who had a child with ac...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Karakas Z,Tugcu D,Unuvar A,Atay D,Akcay A,Gedik H,Kayserili H,Dogan O,Anak S,Devecioglu O

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Oncology at Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (HIMFG) was the first unit in our country, and one of the first in Latin America, to specialize in the management of children with cancer. The HIMFG is part of the National Institutes of Health of Mexico, and is a reference hospital with research...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Medina-Sanson A,Martínez-Avalos A,Gallegos-Castorena S,Juárez-Villegas LE,González-Montalvo P,Perales-Arroyo A,Gallegos-González E,Ayometzi-Ouchi MT

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Homozygous beta-thalassemia is usually characterized by severe anemia requiring regular blood transfusion for survival. For homozygous patients with milder clinical manifestations and no dependence on transfusion therapy, the term thalassemia intermedia is usually applied. Genetic mechanisms that may ameliorate the cl...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kanavakis E,Traeger-Synodinos J,Tzetis M,Metaxotou-Mavromati A,Ladis V,Kattamis C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to ascertain the reactions and experiences of parents whose children were defined as false-positive cases in a research program of screening 6-month-old babies for neuroblastoma. Parents of seven of the eight infants falling into this category participated in the study. Parents of five ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bell S,Parker L,Cole M,Craft AW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The third International Conference on Immunotherapy in Pediatric Oncology was held in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, October 1-2, 2012. Major topics of the conference included (i) cellular therapies using antigen-specific and gene-modified T cells for targeting leukemia and pediatric solid tumors; (ii) overcoming hurdles an...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Brehm C,Huenecke S,Pfirrmann V,Rossig C,Mackall CL,Bollard CM,Gottschalk S,Schlegel PG,Klingebiel T,Bader P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Venous thrombotic events (VTE) are a well-recognized complication in pediatric cancer patients. Population-based data on the incidence and characteristics of VTE in all pediatric cancer patients are limited. This information is crucial to identify patients at high risk and design targeted interventions accord...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Asyyed Z,MacDonald T,Digout C,Kulkarni K

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:We report the outcome of 27 children with de novo acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) (excluding Down syndrome) enrolled in the French multicenter prospective study ELAM02 (2005-2011). There was no difference in gender, initial leukocyte count, CNS involvement, and complete remission rate (88.9%), as compared to ot...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Teyssier AC,Lapillonne H,Pasquet M,Ballerini P,Baruchel A,Ducassou S,Fenneteau O,Petit A,Cuccuini W,Ragu C,Preudhomme C,Mercher T,Sirvent N,Leverger G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate (MTX) is an antimetabolite with a major role in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The authors report the management of a 9-year-old boy who developed an anaphylactoid reaction to high-dose MTX infusion, after a first challenge with intrathecal administration, during induction therapy f...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Caldeira T,Costa V,Silva I,Oliva T,Norton L

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:In the French nonHodgkin's lymphoma protocols, central nervous system prophylaxis is provided by high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX), given as a 3-hour IV infusion of 3 g/m2 MTX along with intrathecal MTX injection. The incidence of CNS relapse is less than 3%. We designed a study to evaluate the MTX transfer across the b...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Vassal G,Valteau D,Bonnay M,Patte C,Aubier F,Lemerle J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes of children with Wilms tumor (WT) and intravascular extension who were treated at a single institution. A retrospective review was conducted of medical records of all children with Wilms tumor and intravascular ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Aspiazu D,Fernandez-Pineda I,Cabello R,Ramirez G,Alvarez-Madrid A,De Agustin JC

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver is rare in children, and it is usually diagnosed through a biopsy of the liver or hepatectomy. The authors report a case of a 10-year-old girl with multiple focal nodular hyperplasia lesions of the liver after the completion of tumor therapy for advanced neuroblastoma, and ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Sugito K,Kusafuka T,Kawashima H,Uekusa S,Furuya T,Ohashi K,Inoue M,Ikeda T,Koshinaga T,Maebayashi T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00