Definition of response and remission in children over one year of age with advanced neuroblastoma: proposition for a scoring system.

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：:Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) are under-reported from the developing world. We present data regarding diagnosis and outcome from a hospital-based registry in India. Forty-seven patients fulfilled diagnostic criteria. Majority were males. Subgroups were disorders of immune dysregulation-29%, B&T-cell abnorma...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Chinnabhandar V,Yadav SP,Kaul D,Verma IC,Sachdeva A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe clinical and CT features of L-asparaginase-associated pancreatitis (L-AP) and to correlate CT grades with clinical parameters. METHODS:A total of 16 children (M:F = 9:7; mean age, 8.1 years) who developed L-AP after L-asparaginase (L-asp) treatment and underwent abdominal CT scan were included. We ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Oh HJ,Im SA,Lee JW,Chung NG,Cho B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infections (BSI) represent one of the most serious complications in patients in the hematology-oncology unit. In this study, the prevalence, distribution, drug sensitivity profiles, and clinical outcome of BSI were analyzed in pediatric patients with hematological malignancies. Patients admitted to the ped...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Chen S,Liu S,Yuan X,Mai H,Lin J,Wen F

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis was performed on febrile neutropenic episodes in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) from 1992 to 2002. There were 222 febrile neutropenic episodes in 266 ALL patients with documented ANC < 500/mm(3). Of the 222 episodes, 98 (44%) had documented focus of infection; the rest were f...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bakhshi S,Padmanjali KS,Arya LS

更新日期：2008-06-01 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 surveillance study was performed on the pattern and antimicrobial susceptibilities of microorganisms isolated from blood cultures in the main pediatric oncology unit in the United Arab Emirates. The only previous data were published in 1995. During 1998-2000, the pattern of bloodstream infection changed. Enterobacte...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Trad O,Jumaa PA,Afify Z

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Preclinical studies show that TLR9 agonists can eradicate leukemia by induction of immune responses in vivo against AML and ALL. These studies demonstrated that TLR9 agonists induce an immediate NK response followed by adaptive T and B cells responses resulting in long term anti-leukemia immunity. Methods:...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ronsley R,Kariminia A,Ng B,Mostafavi S,Reid G,Subrt P,Hijiya N,Schultz KR

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To standardize diagnosis and treatment of childhood Wilms tumor (WT) in Turkey. METHODS AND PATIENTS:Between 1998 and 2006, WT patients were registered from 19 centers. Patients <16 years with unilateral WT whose treatment started in first postoperative 3 weeks were included. Treatments were stage I favorable (FH)...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Akyüz C,Yalçin B,Yildiz I,Hazar V,Yörük A,Tokuç G,Akici F,Büyükpamukçu N,Kale G,Atahan L,Büyükünal C,Dervişoğlu S,Atkovar GA,Melikoğlu M,Karpuzoğlu G,Olgun N,Ayan I,Oğuz A,Yariş N,Dağdemir A,Darendeliler E,Sande

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to evaluate the etiologic and clinical characteristics, treatment regimens, and outcome of the patients with intracranial tumors presenting with central diabetes insipidus (DI). Sixty-nine patients with intracranial tumors presenting with central DI between 1972 and 2012 were retrospectively ev...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Varan A,Atas E,Aydın B,Yalçın B,Akyüz C,Kutluk T,Büyükpamukçu M

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Ghosal-type hemato-diaphyseal dysplasia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with distinctive diaphyseal and metaphyseal dysplasia of long bones and steroid-dependant anemia. The authors describe a 20-month-old girl who had had a severe transfusion-dependent anemia since late infancy and marked locomotion difficulti...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Alebouyeh M,Vossough P,Tabarrok F

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：: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：: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：:Increased susceptibility to infection is reported in patients with beta-thalassemia major due to toxic effect of iron on neutrophil functions and reticuloendothelial system dysfunction. This study investigated the association between the neutrophil apoptosis and frequency of infection episodes, desferrioxamine treatme...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Oren H,Sahin B,Irken G,Ateş H,Duman M,Yilmaz S,Türker M,Atabay B,Yaprak I

更新日期：2003-04-01 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 endocrinological complications in β-thalassemia major patients do affect the life quality to a large extend. In this study, the endocrinological complications of 47 β-thalassemia patients, who have been followed-up at our hospital's pediatric hematology department, were evaluated. Out of β-thalassemia major cases ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Isik P,Yarali N,Tavil B,Demirel F,Karacam GB,Sac RU,Fettah A,Ozkasap S,Kara A,Tunc B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and tumor response of 3 cycles of sequential high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) in advanced pediatric solid tumor patients. Medical records of 11 children who underwent 2 consequent courses of reduced conditioning HDCT followed by final HDCT with autologous HSC infu...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kwon SY,Won SC,Han JW,Shin YJ,Lyu CJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：: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：:Plexiform neurofibroma is a relatively common but potentially devastating manifestation of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF 1). A substantial number of plexiform neurofibroma causes morbidity. Various treatment modalities are considered to decrease pain. In this paper a case with plexiform neurofibroma causing severe pain...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Citak EC,Oguz A,Karadeniz C,Okur A,Memis L,Boyunaga O

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Overall survival from cancer has greatly improved, although it still remains the second leading cause of mortality in the world. This result was achieved through the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which are severely toxic to normal tissues. In the long-term follow-up of cancer patients, the development of secon...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Varan A,Kebudi R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difference between the effects of administration of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) and recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) was studied in 39 children with neutropenia secondary to chemotherapy (absolute neutrophil count (ANC) less than 1,...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Lydaki E,Bolonaki E,Stiakaki E,Dimitriou H,Kalmantis T,Kalmanti M

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：: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