abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell disorder that occurs worldwide and results in significant morbidity and mortality. In addition to affected children who are born in the US, an increasing number of children with SCD are migrating to the US with their families or through international adoption. C...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Thornburg CD,Ware RE

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline DICER1 pathogenic variants predispose to numerous benign and malignant tumors. In this report, we describe DICER1 gene analysis in an adolescent diagnosed with multinodular goiter, ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor, and lung cyst. DICER1 mutational screening at the DNA level failed to detect any pathogenic va...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Verrier F,Dubois d'Enghien C,Gauthier-Villars M,Bonadona V,Faure-Conter C,Dijoud F,Stoppa-Lyonnet D,Houdayer C,Golmard L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social media are powerful means of communication that can also have an important role in the healthcare sector. They are sometimes seen with diffidence in the healthcare setting, partly because they risk blurring professional boundaries. This issue is particularly relevant to relations between caregivers and adolescen...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Clerici CA,Quarello P,Bergadano A,Veneroni L,Bertolotti M,Guadagna P,Ricci A,Galdi A,Fagioli F,Ferrari A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A desperate need for novel therapies in pediatric ependymoma (EPN) exists, as chemotherapy remains ineffective and radiotherapy often fails. EPN have significant infiltration of immune cells, which correlates with outcome. Immune checkpoint inhibitors provide an avenue for new treatments. This study characte...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Witt DA,Donson AM,Amani V,Moreira DC,Sanford B,Hoffman LM,Handler MH,Levy JMM,Jones KL,Nellan A,Foreman NK,Griesinger AM

更新日期：2018-05-01 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:The early effects of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) include decreased physical function, bone mineral density (BMD/g/cm2 ), and health-related quality of life (HRQL). We assessed the capacity of a physical therapy and motivation-based intervention, beginning after diagnosis and continuing throu...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cox CL,Zhu L,Kaste SC,Srivastava K,Barnes L,Nathan PC,Wells RJ,Ness KK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy of therapeutic strategies relative to patient- and family-centered outcomes in pediatric oncology must be assessed. We sought to identify outcomes important to children with acute myeloid leukemia and their families related to inpatient versus at-home management of neutropenia. We conducted qualitative interv...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Szymczak JE,Getz KD,Madding R,Fisher B,Raetz E,Hijiya N,Gramatges MM,Henry M,Mian A,Arnold SD,Aftandilian C,Collier AB,Aplenc R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study compared the relative incidence of treatment-related toxicities and the event-free and overall survival between Hispanic and non-Hispanic children undergoing therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ALL Consortium protocol 05-001. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Secondary ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kahn JM,Cole PD,Blonquist TM,Stevenson K,Jin Z,Barrera S,Davila R,Roberts E,Neuberg DS,Athale UH,Clavell LA,Laverdiere C,Leclerc JM,Michon B,Schorin MA,Welch JJG,Sallan SE,Silverman LB,Kelly KM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 1975, childhood cancer incidence rates have gradually increased in the United States; however, few studies have conducted analyses across time to unpack this temporal rise. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that increasing cancer incidence rates are due to secular trends in pregnancy cha...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kehm RD,Osypuk TL,Poynter JN,Vock DM,Spector LG

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on mitochondrial DNA copy number reveal an increase or decrease in copy number that appears to be cancer specific, but data on acute lymphoblastic leukemia have been inconsistent regarding the significance of changes in mitochondrial DNA copies. The purpose of this pilot study was to analyze mitochon...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Jain A,Bakhshi S,Thakkar H,Gerards M,Singh A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:M6620 is a novel inhibitor of the DNA damage repair enzyme ATR, and has potentiated the activity of cisplatin and irinotecan in non-small cell lung cancer and colon cancer xenografts, respectively. PROCEDURES:M6620 was tested in vitro at concentrations ranging from 1.0 nM to 10.0 μM and at 75 nM in combinat...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kurmasheva RT,Kurmashev D,Reynolds CP,Kang M,Wu J,Houghton PJ,Smith MA

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：PURPOSE:Pediatric head and neck malignancies are managed with intensive multimodality therapy. Proton beam therapy (PBT) may reduce toxicity by limiting exposure of normal tissue to radiation. In this study, we report acute toxicities and early outcomes following PBT for pediatric head and neck malignancies. MATERIALS...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Vogel J,Both S,Kirk M,Chao HH,Bagatell R,Li Y,Womer R,Balamuth N,Reilly A,Kurtz G,Lustig R,Tochner Z,Hill-Kayser C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to provide recommendations on the infusion duration of anthracycline chemotherapy agents in children with cancer. This study also serves as a practice example of the essential steps that need to be taken when using a previously published systematic review to develop a high-quality clinical practice guideline....

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Loeffen EAH,van Dalen EC,Mulder RL,van de Wetering MD,Kremer LCM,Tissing WJE,Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity Working Group.

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypotransferrinemia (OMIM 209300) is an extremely rare disorder of inherited iron metabolism. Since its description in 1961, only 16 cases have been reported. The defective gene and molecular defect causing this disorder and clinicolaboratory findings seen in the homozygous and heterozygous states have been...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Aslan D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malnutrition is a pro-inflammatory state, yet data on nutritional risk factors and development of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) are extremely limited. PROCEDURE:We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of pediatric patients up to age 21 years who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell tr...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kerby EH,Li Y,Getz KD,Smith EC,Smith LT,Bunin NJ,Seif AE

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic assessment of emotional distress is recommended in after care. Yet, it is unclear if parent report may be used as a proxy of child report. The aim of this study was to assess agreements and differences and explore possible moderators of disagreement between child and parent ratings. METHODS:Sixty...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Abate C,Lippé S,Bertout L,Drouin S,Krajinovic M,Rondeau É,Sinnett D,Laverdière C,Sultan S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma (PMH) is a rare, mostly indolent vascular tumor. Extensive cases are treated with amputation as chemotherapy seems to be ineffective. Recently, promising results were published using mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors in tumors of vascular origin. Here, we present a cas...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Gabor KM,Sapi Z,Tiszlavicz LG,Fige A,Bereczki C,Bartyik K

更新日期：2018-02-01 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:While pediatric low-grade glioma/glioneuronal tumors (LGG/LGGNTs) are considered slow-growing, indolent tumors with excellent long-term prognosis, mortality due to the disease is not unknown. Few studies have addressed the cause of death in this population. METHODS:Retrospective review of clinicopathologic ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Upadhyaya SA,Ghazwani Y,Wu S,Broniscer A,Boop FA,Gajjar A,Qaddoumi I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poverty is an important patient-reported outcome of therapy and a potential predictor of outcome disparities in pediatric cancer. We previously identified that nearly 30% of pediatric cancer families experience household material hardship (HMH), a concrete measure of poverty including food, energy, or housing insecuri...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Bilodeau M,Ma C,Al-Sayegh H,Wolfe J,Bona K

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:We describe here the outcomes of reduced-toxicity alternate-donor stem cell transplant (SCT) with posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) in eight children (haploidentical-seven and matched unrelated donor-one). The conditioning was with serotherapy (alemtuzumab-3/rabbit-an...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rastogi N,Katewa S,Thakkar D,Kohli S,Nivargi S,Yadav SP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective studies suggest that there is high mortality in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and severe malaria. We assessed mortality in Ugandan children with severe malarial anemia (SMA, n = 232) or cerebral malaria (CM, n = 267) by sickle cell hemoglobin genotype. Admission and 2-year follow-up mortality di...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Opoka RO,Bangirana P,Idro R,Shabani E,Namazzi R,John CC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy with the anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody ch14.18, or dinutuximab, represents an important therapeutic advance in the treatment of pediatric high-risk neuroblastoma and is now considered part of standard of care in this patient population. To date, transverse myelitis as a result of dinutuximab therapy has n...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ding YY,Panzer J,Maris JM,Castañeda A,Gomez-Chiari M,Mora J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic impact of central nervous system (CNS) involvement in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has varied in past trials, and controversy exists over the degree of involvement requiring intensified CNS therapy. Two recent Children's Oncology Group protocols, AAML03P1 and AAML0531, directed a...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Johnston DL,Alonzo TA,Gerbing RB,Aplenc R,Woods WG,Meshinchi S,Gamis AS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distinguishing alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) from embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) has historically been of prognostic and therapeutic importance. However, classification has been complicated by shifting histologic criteria required for an ARMS diagnosis. Children's Oncology Group (COG) studies after IRS...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rudzinski ER,Anderson JR,Chi YY,Gastier-Foster JM,Astbury C,Barr FG,Skapek SX,Hawkins DS,Weigel BJ,Pappo A,Meyer WH,Arnold MA,Teot LA,Parham DM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) are rare cancer predisposition syndromes with an especially high risk of transformation to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and/or acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We performed a retrospective systematic review of reported MDS/AML arising in the eight most common IBMFS to det...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Pezeshki A,Podder S,Kamel R,Corey SJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO) is rare in children. Treatment typically consists of varying combinations of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. We present a pediatric case of frontal lobe AO with periventricular subcallosal extension and local leptomeningeal involvement. The isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Sorge C,Li R,Singh S,Reddy AT,Solomon DA,Perry A,Friedman GK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few data exist regarding the clinical outcome of patients with Ewing sarcoma (EWS) treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PT). We report the outcome of children, adolescents and young adults (AYA) treated with PT at the Paul Scherrer Institute. MATERIALS:Thirty-eight patients (median age, 9.9 yea...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Weber DC,Murray FR,Correia D,Bolsi A,Frei-Welte M,Pica A,Lomax AJ,Schneider R,Bachtiary B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously published data from 2001 to 2006 showing that adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology patients have significantly lower therapeutic clinical trial enrollment rates than younger patients. Our objective was to determine if the enrollment of AYA patients on therapeutic studies at the same i...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Jacob SA,Shaw PH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As pegylated asparaginase is becoming the preferred first-line asparaginase preparation in the chemotherapy regimens of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), there is a need to evaluate this treatment. METHODS:The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of prolonged upfront biweekly P...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Tram Henriksen L,Gottschalk Højfeldt S,Schmiegelow K,Frandsen TL,Skov Wehner P,Schrøder H,Klug Albertsen B,Nordic Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, NOPHO Group.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nephrogenic rests (NRs) are abnormally persistent foci of embryonal cells, thought to be the precursor lesion of Wilms tumors (WTs). To date, their presence has not been systematically examined in WTs treated with preoperative chemotherapy. METHODS:A systematic analysis of the data on NRs in WTs treated wit...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Vujanić GM,Apps JR,Moroz V,Ceroni F,Williams RD,Sebire NJ,Pritchard-Jones K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fifteen evidence-based Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families (Standards) were published in 2015. The Standards cover a broad range of topics and circumstances and require qualified multidisciplinary staff to be implemented. This paper presents data on the availability of...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Scialla MA,Canter KS,Chen FF,Kolb EA,Sandler E,Wiener L,Kazak AE

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The improved survival rates for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may be jeopardized by the development of a second cancer, which has been associated with thiopurine therapy. PROCEDURE:We retrospectively analyzed three sequential Nordic Society of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology's protocols c...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Nielsen SN,Eriksson F,Rosthoej S,Andersen MK,Forestier E,Hasle H,Hjalgrim LL,Aasberg A,Abrahamsson J,Heyman M,Jónsson ÓG,Pruunsild K,Vaitkeviciené GE,Vettenranta K,Schmiegelow K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of nausea and vomiting after receipt of intrathecal methotrexate (IT-MTX) in pediatric oncology patients is unknown. METHODS:Patients (4-18 years) about to receive IT-MTX were eligible to participate in this prospective, observational study. Patients received antiemetics as prescribed by thei...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Flank J,Nadeem K,Moledina S,Khanna M,Schindera C,Punnett A,Dupuis LL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery plays an important role as part of the treatment plan in most children with malignant solid tumors in regards to initial biopsy, upfront resection, and delayed resection. Surgeons also play a critical role in the treatment of surgical complications that may arise during medical treatment. The pediatric surgica...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Fernandez-Pineda I,Sanders D,Rao BN,Shochat SJ,Davidoff AM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To describe the quality of life (QOL) of pediatric brain tumor survivors (PBTSs) prospectively and to identify potential medical, personal and family contextual factors associated with QOL. METHODS:Ninety-one PBTSs (8-16 years) who were off treatment and attending a regular classroom participated. Self- a...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Barrera M,Atenafu EG,Schulte F,Bartels U,Sung L,Janzen L,Chung J,Cataudella D,Hancock K,Saleh A,Strother D,McConnell D,Downie A,Hukin J,Zelcer S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) may rarely occur in visceral tissues, and little is known about their clinical history. The present study retrospectively analyzed a group of patients prospectively registered in Italian pediatric protocols conducted between 1979 and 2004. METHODS:I...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ferrari A,Magni C,Bergamaschi L,Cecchetto G,Alaggio R,Milano GM,Bertolini P,Basso E,Manzitti C,Di Martino M,Giurici N,Melchionda F,Cecinati V,Chiaravalli S,Affinita MC,Scagnellato A,Casanova M,Bisogno G

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VPS45-associated severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) is a rare disorder characterized by life-threating infections, neutropenia, neutrophil and platelet dysfunction, poor response to filgrastim, and myelofibrosis with extramedullary hematopoiesis. We present a patient with SCN due to a homozygous c.1403C>T (p.P468L) m...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Shah RK,Munson M,Wierenga KJ,Pokala HR,Newburger PE,Crawford D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00