abstract：:A 4-year-old male presented with rapid-onset cranial nerve palsy and ataxia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a pontine mass lesion with discordant conventional and advanced imaging. A stereotactic core biopsy revealed glioblastoma with immunostaining suggestive of histone H3K27M and TP53 mutation, cons...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Tinkle CL,Orr BA,Lucas JT Jr,Klimo P,Patay Z,Baker SJ,Broniscer A,Qaddoumi I

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress has been made in resource-limited countries in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but advances in solid malignancies have been slower. Multidisciplinary care coordination is challenging, assessing adherence to guidelines through quality improvement initiatives is essential. We characterized deviations fro...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Power-Hays A,Friedrich P,Fernandez G,Cruz NA,Marcus K,Rodriguez-Galindo C,Collado L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of invasive, keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx in an 8-year-old female treated with laryngectomy is presented. Perinatal exposure to human papilloma virus and constitutional heterozygosity for a FANCC mutation were identified, though FANCC heterozygosity is not known to be cancer predisposing. ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： D'Souza AM,Mark J,Demarcantonio M,Leino D,Sisson R,Geller JI

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a genetic overgrowth and cancer predisposition syndrome, associated with both benign and malignant adrenal findings. Literature review and an institutional case series elucidate the wide spectrum of adrenal findings in BWS patients. The altered expression of the 11p15 region is lik...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： MacFarland SP,Mostoufi-Moab S,Zelley K,Mattei PA,States LJ,Bhatti TR,Duffy KA,Brodeur GM,Kalish JM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incompatibility causing fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) results from a fetus inheriting a paternal human platelet antigen (HPA), which is different from the maternal HPA. We present a unique case of FNAIT in a pregnancy involving an oocyte recipient mother with Turner syndrome. This is the f...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Barg AA,Ifrah AD,Strauss T,Simchen MJ,Orvieto R,Rosenberg N,Kenet G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a highly malignant embryonal brain tumor that occurs mainly in early childhood. Although most of the tumors are characterized by inactivating mutations of the tumor suppressor gene, SMARCB1, the biological basis of its tumorigenesis and aggressiveness is still unkn...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Suzuki M,Kondo A,Ogino I,Arai H,Tomita T,Sredni ST

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug shortages require clinical teams to decide how to allocate drugs in limited supply among their patients. Ethical frameworks are invaluable for promoting rational approaches to drug distribution, but gaps remain between ethical theory and clinical application. The goal of this work was to explore how dec...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Russell HV,Bernhardt MB,Berg S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Mexico, childhood cancer incidence and mortality have increased in the last decade. Through government actions since 2005, the Popular Medical Insurance (PMI) program for childhood cancer was created. The objective of PMI was to offer early cancer diagnosis, standardized treatment regimens, and numerous pediatric o...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rivera-Luna R,Zapata-Tarres M,Shalkow-Klincovstein J,Velasco-Hidalgo L,Olaya-Vargas A,Finkelstein-Mizrahi N,Cárdenas-Cardós R,Aguilar-Ortiz MR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we present the case of a pediatric patient with newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma causing central biliary obstruction and persistently elevated bilirubin of 3.0-4.3 mg/dl despite placement of bilateral internal-external biliary drains. The tumor was not resectable, and the patient was not a candidate for ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Hiniker SM,Rangaswami A,Lungren MP,Thakor AS,Concepcion W,Balazy KE,Kovalchuk N,Donaldson SS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a rare cancer that can be associated with inherited diseases including tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) caused by germline mutations in TSC1 or TSC2. Somatic mutations in TSC1 and TSC2 have also been reported in adult RCC, which predict response to mTOR inhibitors. Here, we pres...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Potter SL,Venkatramani R,Wenderfer S,Graham BH,Vasudevan SA,Sher A,Wu H,Wheeler DA,Yang Y,Eng CM,Gibbs RA,Roy A,Plon SE,Parsons DW

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contemporary descriptions of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) are lacking from sub-Saharan Africa where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are prevalent. METHODS:We describe a prospective cHL cohort in Malawi enrolled from 2013 to 2015. Patients received standardized treatment a...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Westmoreland KD,Stanley CC,Montgomery ND,Kaimila B,Kasonkanji E,El-Mallawany NK,Wasswa P,Mtete I,Butia M,Itimu S,Chasela M,Mtunda M,Chikasema M,Makwakwa V,Kampani C,Dhungel BM,Sanders MK,Krysiak R,Tomoka T,Liomba NG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize radiation necrosis following hypofractionated brainstem re-irradiation in pediatric patients, we reviewed 23 cases with 28 tumors invading or abutting brainstem and treated with hypofractionated re-irradiation from 2004 to 2014. Re-irradiation delivered total doses of 16-30 Gy in two to five fractions....

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Waxweiler TV,Amini A,Vinogradskiy Y,Yeh N,Foreman NK,Hankinson TC,Liu AK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old girl with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) with persistent minimal residual disease (MRD) who underwent standard chemotherapy was found to have a BCR-ABL1-like gene expression pattern. Genome sequencing revealed a JAK2 mutation not previously described in BCP-ALL and a potential th...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mayfield JR,Czuchlewski DR,Gale JM,Matlawska-Wasowska K,Vasef MA,Nickl C,Pickett G,Ness SA,Winter SS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke is a severe clinical disorder in sickle cell disease (SCD), and few studies have evaluated transcranial Doppler (TCD) flow velocities in hemoglobin SC disease (HbSC). The guidelines for stroke risk are based on evaluations in sickle cell anemia (SCA) or HbS/β thalassemia. PROCEDURE:In this study, we ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Vieira C,de Oliveira CN,de Figueiredo LA,Santiago RP,Adanho CS,Santana SS,Burak CL,Lyra IM,Goncalves MS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemophagocytic lymphohistioytosis (HLH) is a severe, life-threatening hyperinflammatory disorder that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. Approximately, 25-50% of patients with HLH fail to achieve remission with established regimens that include dexamethasone and etoposide, or methylprednisolone and antithymocyte...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Marsh RA,Jordan MB,Talano JA,Nichols KE,Kumar A,Naqvi A,Vaiselbuh SR,Histiocyte Society Salvage Therapy Working Group.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in patient function and factors affecting pediatric patients with cancer during treatment are largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to measure patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in children during the initial 6 months of therapy to characterize function and explore factors associated with func...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Dobrozsi S,Yan K,Hoffmann R,Panepinto J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior reviews of phase I pediatric oncology trials involving primarily cytotoxic agents have reported objective response rates (ORRs) and toxic death rates of 7.9-9.6% and 0.5%, respectively. These data may not reflect safety and efficacy in phase I trials of molecularly targeted (targeted) drugs. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Dorris K,Liu C,Li D,Hummel TR,Wang X,Perentesis J,Kim MO,Fouladi M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asparaginase (Asp) and corticosteroid (CS) treatment in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is associated with an increased risk of thrombotic events. OBJECTIVE:Characterization of global haemostatic phenotypes of patients with ALL during Asp therapy. PROCEDURE:Thrombin generation (TG) was mo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Rozen L,Noubouossie D,Dedeken L,Huybrechts S,Lê PQ,Ferster A,Demulder A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system irradiation (CNS-RT) has played a central role in the cure of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but due to the risk of long-term toxicity, it is now considered a less-favorable method of CNS-directed therapy. PROCEDURES:Retrospectively, we estimated the effect of CNS involvement and...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Taskinen M,Oskarsson T,Levinsen M,Bottai M,Hellebostad M,Jonsson OG,Lähteenmäki P,Schmiegelow K,Heyman M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound-guided (USG) cannulation of the brachiocephalic vein (BCV) is gaining worldwide consensus for central venous access in children. This study reports a 20-month experience with this approach in children. METHODS:All patients who underwent percutaneous USG central venous catheter (CVC) positioning i...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Avanzini S,Mameli L,Disma N,Zanaboni C,Dato A,Montobbio G,Montagnini L,Bevilacqua M,Pierri F,Conte M,Amoroso L,Pala G,Pestarino S,Castagnola E,Molinari AC,Micalizzi C,Morreale G,Mattioli G,Pini Prato A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global variations in the incidence of pediatric cancers have been described; however, the causes of such differences are not known. We investigated the relationship between the incidence of embryonal tumors and human development index on a global scale. Increasing incidence of neuroblastoma correlates significantly wi...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Kamihara J,Ma C,Fuentes Alabi SL,Garrido C,Frazier AL,Rodriguez-Galindo C,Orjuela MA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this retrospective study was to assess protection against vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). PROCEDURE:Clinical characteristics and vaccination records were collected. Antibodies against VPDs were measured after completion of chem...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： de de la Fuente Garcia I,Coïc L,Leclerc JM,Laverdière C,Rousseau C,Ovetchkine P,Tapiéro B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron overload is well documented in patients with β-thalassemia major, and patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remain at risk as a result of pre- and immediate post-HSCT transfusions. PROCEDURE:This is a prospective, randomized, 1-year clinical trial that compares the ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Inati A,Kahale M,Sbeiti N,Cappellini MD,Taher AT,Koussa S,Nasr TA,Musallam KM,Abbas HA,Porter JB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver (UESL) is a rare aggressive mesenchymal pediatric tumor. Previously, reported outcomes have been very poor. Here, we report a single-center experience of five patients with UESL treated with upfront gross total resection and adjuvant chemotherapy. We have a median follow...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Mathias MD,Ambati SR,Chou AJ,Slotkin EK,Wexler LH,Meyers PA,Magnan H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid extracranial tumor in childhood. Despite advances in therapy, the prognosis is poor and optimized therapies are urgently needed. Therefore, we investigated the antitumor potential of interleukin-15 (IL-15)-activated cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells against diffe...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cappel C,Huenecke S,Suemmerer A,Erben S,Rettinger E,Pfirrmann V,Heinze A,Zimmermann O,Klingebiel T,Ullrich E,Bader P,Bremm M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical practice has been shown to enhance detection of health-related quality of life problems and satisfaction with care in children with cancer. This study seeks to identify which PRO information healthcare professionals (HCPs) find useful and what the perceived ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schepers SA,Haverman L,Zadeh S,Grootenhuis MA,Wiener L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various projects dedicated specifically to adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer have been developed in recent years. A critical aspect of such programs is the ability to demonstrate its value, and therefore how to measure desired outcomes. METHODS:A list of metrics to consider for demonstrating th...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ferrari A,Silva M,Veneroni L,Magni C,Clerici CA,Meazza C,Terenziani M,Spreafico F,Chiaravalli S,Casanova M,Luksch R,Catania S,Schiavello E,Biassoni V,Podda M,Bergamaschi L,Puma N,Indini A,Proserpio T,Massimino M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe five cases of children who completed chemotherapy for infantile acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and soon after were diagnosed with severe T-cell, non-HIV immunodeficiency, with varying B-cell and NK-cell depletion. There was near absence of CD3(+) , CD4(+) , and CD8(+) cells. All patients developed mult...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Geerlinks AV,Issekutz T,Wahlstrom JT,Sullivan KE,Cowan MJ,Dvorak CC,Fernandez CV

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cutaneous lymphomas are rare in children and mostly represented by mycosis fungoides and CD30(+) lymphoproliferative disorders. Most pediatric cutaneous lymphomas have similar clinical/pathological features as their adult counterparts, particularly the T-cell subtypes. With regard to outcome, adult cutaneous m...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Ceppi F,Pope E,Ngan B,Abla O

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with healthy children, pediatric oncology patients have impaired sleep and engage in less physical activity (PA). Socioeconomic status (SES) may be one determinant of PA and sleep among pediatric oncology patients. PROCEDURE:Between November 12, 2009 and March 27, 2013, 50 pediatric oncology patien...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Orsey AD,Wakefield DB

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term neuropsychological deficits associated with pediatric cancers and the related treatments have been consistently reported. Whole brain cranial radiation therapy (CRT) is associated with neurocognitive impairment. As a result, physicians are reticent to use CRT in favor of systemic or intrathecal che...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Pierson C,Waite E,Pyykkonen B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza is a health risk to children receiving chemotherapy for cancer. An absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) >1,000 cells/mm(3) has been associated with the ability to produce an immune response to influenza vaccine during chemotherapy. However, clinical efficacy of influenza vaccination during chemotherapy ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Choi DK,Fuleihan RL,Walterhouse DO

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Robatumumab (19D12; MK-7454 otherwise known as SCH717454) is a fully human antibody that binds to and inhibits insulin-like growth factor receptor-1 (IGF-1R). This multiinstitutional study (P04720) determined the safety and clinical efficacy of robatumumab in three separate patient groups with resectable ost...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Anderson PM,Bielack SS,Gorlick RG,Skubitz K,Daw NC,Herzog CE,Monge OR,Lassaletta A,Boldrini E,Pápai Z,Rubino J,Pathiraja K,Hille DA,Ayers M,Yao SL,Nebozhyn M,Lu B,Mauro D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Germany, about 1,800 new cases of pediatric cancer under 15 years of age are diagnosed each year and survival rates approach 80%. Although treatment is covered by health insurance and is thus available for all patients at no cost, treatment refusal and treatment discontinuation have been observed. However...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Zuzak TJ,Kameda G,Schütze T,Kaatsch P,Seifert G,Bailey R,Längler A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the final analysis of survival outcomes for children with newly diagnosed high-grade glioma (HGG) treated on the "Head Start" (HS) II and III protocols with chemotherapy and intent to avoid irradiation in children <6 years old. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1997 and 2009, 32 eligible children were enr...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Espinoza JC,Haley K,Patel N,Dhall G,Gardner S,Allen J,Torkildson J,Cornelius A,Rassekh R,Bedros A,Etzl M,Garvin J,Pradhan K,Corbett R,Sullivan M,McGowage G,Stein D,Jasty R,Sands SA,Ji L,Sposto R,Finlay JL

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic significance of having extraskeletal (EES) versus skeletal Ewing sarcoma (ES) in the setting of modern chemotherapy protocols is unknown. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical characteristics, biologic features, and outcomes for patients with EES and skeletal ES. METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Cash T,McIlvaine E,Krailo MD,Lessnick SL,Lawlor ER,Laack N,Sorger J,Marina N,Grier HE,Granowetter L,Womer RB,DuBois SG

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enrollment of patients in sickle cell intervention trials has been challenging due to difficulty in obtaining consent from a legal guardian and lack of collaboration between emergency medicine and hematology. We utilized education and preconsent in a pediatric multisite sickle cell intervention trial to overcome these...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Nimmer M,Czachor J,Turner L,Thomas B,Woodford AL,Carpenter K,Gonzalez V,Liem RI,Ellison A,Casper TC,Brousseau DC,sickle cell working group of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN).

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared to X-ray radiation therapy, proton therapy (PT) reduces the radiation dose to organs at risk, which is expected to translate into fewer second cancers and less cardiac morbidity decades after treatment. The Children's Oncology Group high-risk pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma (PHL) protocol, AHOD1331, allo...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Wray J,Flampouri S,Slayton W,Joyce M,Sandler E,Morris CG,Li Z,Indelicato DJ,Mendenhall NP,Hoppe BS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The death of a child is a devastating event that results in profound grief and significant psychosocial and physical morbidities in parents. The parental grief journey is a complex phenomenon necessitating the utilization of newer models of bereavement with a focus on relationships and exploration of parents...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Snaman JM,Kaye EC,Torres C,Gibson D,Baker JN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric oncology patients with tunneled central venous catheters (CVCs) are at increased risk to develop venous thromboembolic events (VTEs), but the true prevalence of (a)symptomatic VTE is unknown. Aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of (a)symptomatic VTE in pediatric oncology patients with ...

journal_title：Pediatric blood & cancer

authors： Schoot RA,van de Wetering MD,Stijnen T,Tissing WJ,Michiels E,Abbink FC,Raphael MF,Heij HA,Zwaan M,Lieverst JA,Caron HN,van Ommen H,DCOG-Aristocaths Supportive Care Working Group.

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00