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https://read.qxmd.com/read/37773584/psychosocial-and-mental-profile-of-children-with-sickle-cell-disease-and-their-caregivers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fatma S E Ebeid, Galila Mohamed Mokhtar, Eman Ahmed Zaky, Reham Ibrahim Abdelmageed, Nermeen Mohamed Elkamel, Heba G A Ali
Sickle cell disease (SCD), a chronic debilitating disorder that may negatively affect health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL). In this observational, case-control study, we aim to assess the prevalence of impaired psychosocial profile and poor HRQoL among SCD patients and their caregivers as well as to determine the association of such impairment with parameters of disease severity. Sixty-five children and adolescents with SCD and 65 age- and sex-matched healthy controls and their caregivers were recruited. Demographic and clinical characteristics were collected, and a thorough clinical and psychiatric assessments and HR QoL were conducted...
September 29, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37773488/endoscopic-findings-and-predictors-of-gastrointestinal-lesions-in-children-with-iron-deficiency-anemia
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Hyun Jin Kim, Yeon Jung Lim
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) can be caused by occult gastrointestinal (GI) blood loss; however, the endoscopic findings in children with anemia are unclear. The study aimed to determine the frequency and factors related to lesions in children with IDA undergoing endoscopy. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical and endoscopic findings of children with a laboratory-based diagnosis of IDA. Of 58 patients, 36 (62.1%) had upper GI tract lesions, with erosive gastritis being the most common lesion. Further, 26 patients underwent concomitant colonoscopy, and 12 (46...
September 29, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37740941/noncompliance-of-pediatric-cancer-patients-with-chemotherapy-a-single-center-experience-in-a-lower-middle-income-country
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A Farrag, K Mohammed, M H Ghazaly, F Berthold
Noncompliance with therapy is a big obstacle to successful therapy. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors affecting the compliance of pediatric cancer patients with therapy in a tertiary care center far away from the capital in a lower-middle income country (LMIC). A retrospective cohort study of reports of all pediatric cancer patients who were diagnosed and started treatment between 2006 and 2010 at South Egypt Cancer Institute (SECI) was done. The following data were collected: Age, sex, diagnosis, compliance with therapy, and data on potential risk factors that might affect compliance, including time duration of travel from the patient's home to SECI, time lag between the first symptom until the first visit to SECI and until the start of treatment, results of reevaluation after the initial course of therapy, and therapy-related severe adverse events...
September 23, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37655541/safety-of-procalcitonin-guided-early-discontinuation-of-antibiotic-therapy-among-children-receiving-cancer-chemotherapy-and-having-low-risk-febrile-neutropenia-a-randomized-feasibility-trial-profenc-study
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Prasanth Srinivasan, Jagdish Prasad Meena, Aditya Kumar Gupta, Ashutosh Halder, Arti Kapil, Ravindra Mohan Pandey, Rachna Seth
In low-risk febrile neutropenia (LR-FN), the safety of early discontinuation of empiric antibiotics without marrow recovery is not well established. This study aimed to evaluate the safety of procalcitonin (PCT) guided early discontinuation of antibiotics in LR-FN. In this trial, children with LR-FN with an afebrile period of at least 24 h, sterile blood culture, and negative/normalized PCT were randomized at 72 h of starting antibiotics into two groups: intervention arm and standard arm. The antibiotics were stopped in the intervention arm regardless of absolute neutrophil count (ANC), while in the standard arm, antibiotics were continued for at least 7 days or until recovery of ANC (>500/mm3 )...
September 1, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37599628/the-role-of-pediatric-oncologist-in-prenatal-diagnosis-a-10-year-retrospective-study-at-assistance-publique-h%C3%A3-pitaux-de-marseille-ap-hm
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Victoria Min, Stephanie Coze, Claude D'Ercole, Nicoleta Panait, Sabine Sigaudy, Audrey Aschero, Helene Zattara, Florence Bretelle, Gabriel Revon-Riviere, Carole Coze
Solid tumors or predisposition syndromes are increasingly suspected before birth. However optimal management and outcomes remain unclear. We have performed a ten-year retrospective study of oncologic indications of prenatal diagnosis in public hospitals in Marseille. Data were obtained from prenatal diagnosis center and hospital imaging databases and pediatric oncology department files. Fifty-one cases were identified, 40 with mass: adrenal 17, sacrococcygeal 9, cardiac 7, abdominal 4, ovarian 1, cervical 2; 8 with developmental abnormalities (omphalocele 4, macroglossia 4), 3 WITH familial predisposition syndromes (familial rhabdoid 2, Li-Fraumeni 1)...
August 21, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37578068/-arid5b-ikzf1-gata3-cebpe-and-cdkn2a-germline-polymorphisms-and-predisposition-to-childhood-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia
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Nermeen R Al-Zayan, Mohammed J Ashour, Hadeer N Abuwarda, Fadel A Sharif
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent type of pediatric cancer. Germline single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including ARID5B (rs10821936 T/C), IKZF1 (rs4132601 T/G), GATA3 (rs3824662 G/T), CEBPE (rs2239633 G/A), and CDKN2A (rs3731217 A/C) have been linked to pediatric ALL in different populations. Hitherto, no previous studies have tested the relationship between these SNPs and pediatric ALL in Gaza strip. Therefore, we investigated the association between these polymorphisms and the occurrence of childhood ALL in this part of Palestine...
August 14, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37519029/thalassemia-patients-in-transfussion-dependent-period-and-after-hematopoietic-stem-cell-transplantation-how-are-the-psychiatric-status-and-life-quality-of-these-patients
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Merve Cikili-Uytun, Mehtap Eroglu, Mehmet Ertem, Dilber Talia İleri, Elif Ince, Birim Günay Kilic
Although hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been widely used to treat patients with beta-thalassemia major, evidence showing whether this treatment improves mental health, self esteem and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is limited. We aimed to describe psychiatric problems, HRQoL and self-esteem scores of patients who have thalassemia and compared with patients who underwent HSCT in the current study. A total of 24 patients with thalassemia major and 13 patients who underwent HSCT at least 2 years ago aged between 7-37 years were included...
July 30, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37477214/potential-role-of-serum-vitamin-d-as-a-risk-factor-in-pediatric-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia
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Pardis Nematollahi, Sina Arabi, Marjan Mansourian, Saeed Yousefian, Alireza Moafi, Sayed Nassereddin Mostafavi, Amirmansour Alavi Naeini, Afshin Ebrahimi, Karim Ebrahimpour, Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Aryan Kavosh, Shirin Mahmoudi Kohi, Roya Kelishadi
Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency (VDD, VDI) is common in children yet limited experience exists on the association of VDD and hematologic malignancies amongst this population. Therefore, this study aimed to compare serum vitamin D levels in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and controls. Moreover, vitamin D levels is compared in subjects with and without relapse and evaluated as a prognostic factor for relapse-free survival (RFS). Children with newly diagnosed ALL were recruited as case group...
July 21, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37452625/the-predictive-utility-of-cytokines-procalcitonin-and-c-reactive-protein-among-febrile-pediatric-hematology-and-oncology-patients-with-severe-sepsis-or-septic-shock
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Shu-Peng Lin, Xiao-Jun Xu, Chan Liao, Ning Zhao, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Hua Song, Wei-Qun Xu, Juan Liang, Di-Ying Shen, Jing-Ying Zhang, He-Ping Shen, Fen-Ying Zhao, Yong-Min Tang
Severe sepsis and septic shock are life-threatening for pediatric hematology and oncology patient receiving chemotherapy. Th1/Th2 cytokines, C-reactive protein (CRP), and procalcitonin (PCT) are all thought to be associated with disease severity. The aim of this study was to prospectively verify the utility of Th1/Th2 cytokines and compare them with PCT and CRP in the prediction of adverse outcomes. Data on patients were collected from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2020. Blood samples were taken for Th1/Th2 cytokine, CRP, and PCT measurements at the initial onset of infection...
July 15, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37440691/substrate-oxidation-during-exercise-in-childhood-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia-survivors
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Émilie Bertrand, Maxime Caru, Sophia Morel, Alice Bergeron Parenteau, Veronique Belanger, Caroline Laverdière, Maja Krajinovic, Daniel Sinnett, Emile Levy, Valérie Marcil, Daniel Curnier
Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at high risk of developing long-term cardiometabolic complications during their survivorship. Maximal fat oxidation (MFO) is a marker during exercise of cardiometabolic health, and is associated with metabolic risk factors. Our aim was to characterize the carbohydrate and fat oxidation during exercise in childhood ALL survivors. Indirect calorimetry was measured in 250 childhood ALL survivors to quantify substrate oxidation rates during a cardiopulmonary exercise test...
July 13, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37366551/circulating-tumor-dna-sequencing-of-pediatric-solid-and-brain-tumor-patients-an-institutional-feasibility-study
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Ross Mangum, Jacquelyn Reuther, Koel Sen Baksi, Ilavarasi Gandhi, Ryan C Zabriskie, Alva Recinos, Robin Raesz-Martinez, Frank Y Lin, Samara L Potter, Andrew C Sher, Stephen F Kralik, Carrie A Mohila, Murali M Chintagumpala, Donna Muzny, Jianhong Hu, Richard A Gibbs, Kevin E Fisher, Juan Carlos Bernini, Jonathan Gill, Timothy C Griffin, Gail E Tomlinson, Kelly L Vallance, Sharon E Plon, Angshumoy Roy, D Williams Parsons
The potential of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis to serve as a real-time "liquid biopsy" for children with central nervous system (CNS) and non-CNS solid tumors remains to be fully elucidated. We conducted a study to investigate the feasibility and potential clinical utility of ctDNA sequencing in pediatric patients enrolled on an institutional clinical genomics trial. A total of 240 patients had tumor DNA profiling performed during the study period. Plasma samples were collected at study enrollment from 217 patients and then longitudinally from a subset of patients...
June 27, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37334681/an-unusual-presentation-of-bilateral-optic-pathway-glioma-in-crouzon-syndrome
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Brian Na, Anthony C Wang, Christopher Travis Watterson, Julian Martinez-Agosto, Sulagna Saitta, Marina Dutra-Clarke, Franceska Bhansali, Stacy L Pineles, Vivian Y Chang, Veeral S Shah, Peter de Blank
Crouzon Syndrome is a genetic craniosynostosis disorder associated with a high risk of ophthalmologic sequelae secondary to structural causes. However, ophthalmologic disorders due to intrinsic nerve aberrations in Crouzon Syndrome have not been described. Optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) are low grade gliomas that are intrinsic to the visual pathway, frequently associated with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). OPGs involving both optic nerves without affecting the optic chiasm are rarely seen outside of NF-1. We report an unusual case of bilateral optic nerve glioma without chiasmatic involvement in a 17-month-old male patient with Crouzon Syndrome without any clinical or genetic findings of NF-1...
June 19, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37293777/consensus-survey-on-the-management-of-children-with-chemotherapy-induced-febrile-neutropenia-and-at-low-risk-of-severe-infection
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Aude Givone, Jean Duval-Destin, Mathilde Delebarre, Wadih Abou-Chahla, Cyril Lervat, François Dubos
Our aim was to identify national consensus criteria for the management of children with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN), for evidence-based step-down treatment approaches for patients classified at low risk of severe infection. In 2018, a five-section, 38-item survey was e-mailed to all pediatric hematology and oncology units in France ( n  = 30). The five sections contained statements on possible consensus criteria for the (i) definition of FN, (ii) initial management of children with FN, (iii) conditions required for initiating step-down therapy in low-risk patients, (iv) management strategy for low-risk patients, and (v) antibiotic treatment on discharge...
June 9, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37288796/innate-immune-mechanism-of-neutrophil-extracellular-trap-formation-is-impaired-in-at-risk-term-low-birth-weight-newborns
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Doli Das, Vikas V Singh, Sudhir K Chauhan, Richa Rai, Ashok Kumar, Madhu Jain, Geeta Rai
Low birth weight (LBW) is a leading cause of newborn's mortality however the underlying defects in cellular immunity and immune mechanisms leading to severe neonatal infections in term LBW (tLBW) newborns are not well understood. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), or NETosis, is an innate immune defense mechanism of neutrophils involved in trapping and killing of microbes. The efficiency of NET formation in cord blood derived neutrophils of tLBW and normal birth weight (NBW) newborns in the presence of toll like receptor (TLR) agonist inductions was evaluated...
June 8, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37264813/barriers-to-accessing-fertility-preservation-in-adolescents-with-hodgkin-lymphoma-in-india
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dilpreet Kaur Banwait, Puneet Rana Arora, Amita Mahajan, Veronique Dinand, Sandeep Jain, Manas Kalra, Jagdish Chandra, Ramandeep Singh Arora
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
June 2, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37195735/methotrexate-concentrations-and-associated-variability-factors-in-high-dose-therapy-of-children-with-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia-and-non-hodgkin-lymphoma
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Biljana Škorić, Miloš Kuzmanović, Marija Jovanović, Branislava Miljković, Dragan Micić, Milena Jović, Ankica Jovanović, Katarina Vučićević
Monitoring and optimization procedures improved high dose methotrexate (HDMTX) treatment outcomes. However, there are still some concerns regarding unexplained concentration variability. The objective of this study was to evaluate drug concentrations and associated variability factors in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) on HDMTX. Fifty patients (aged 1-18 years), receiving in total 184 HDMTX cycles of 3 or 5 g/m2 /24 h infusion, were included in the study...
May 17, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37178062/specific-cytokine-patterns-in-epstein-barr-virusassociated-hemophagocytic-lymphohistiocytosis-compared-to-kawasaki-disease-in-children
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yanli Yang, Hanqing Yu, Chenli Li, Zhen Gui, Yong Chang
The aim of the study was to test whether the cytokine profile could be used as a marker to differentiate between Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (EBV-HLH) and Kawasaki disease (KD). A total of 70 hospitalized children with HLH and KD admitted to hospital for the first time from March 2017 to December 2021 were enrolled in this study. Fifty-five healthy children were enrolled as normal controls. All patients and normal controls were tested for the six cytokines including interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10 (IL-10), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) by flow cytometry...
May 13, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37171905/an-unusual-presentation-of-a-pediatric-patient-with-mixed-phenotypic-acute-leukemia-with-picalm-mllt10-gene-rearrangement
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Erlyn Smith, Chandra Krishnan
Mixed phenotype leukemia (MPAL) is a rare type of acute leukemia with blasts that co-express antigens of more than one lineage on the same cell or that have separate populations of blasts of different lineages. Here, we report a five-year-old male with inguinal lymphadenopathy diagnosed with MPAL-T/Myeloid MPAL-T/M. The clone demonstrated lineage and immunophenotypically distinct blast populations in the bone marrow and lymph nodes. Bone marrow cytogenetic studies confirmed a rare PICALM::MLLT10 gene fusion...
May 12, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37171885/examination-of-reporting-status-of-pediatric-oncology-trials-within-the-national-library-of-medicine-s-trial-database
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Carly Stewart, Kristen McPherson, Liza-Ann Whitaker, Nicholas B Sajjadi, Randi Kerr, Michael A Baxter, Micah Hartwell
Finding safer and more effective treatment options are critical in progressing the field of pediatric oncology. These treatment options are discovered through completion and publication of clinical trials. The primary objective of this study was to assess the overall study characteristics of pediatric oncology clinical trials initiated between 2008 and 2021. The secondary objective of our study was to assess rates of discontinuation and reporting of results as required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
May 12, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37166221/an-unusual-case-of-primary-cold-agglutinin-associated-lymphoproliferative-disease-in-an-adolescent-female
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Panagiotis Tsarouhas, Melissa Stalling, Carmen Julius, Jeffrey Hord
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
May 11, 2023: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
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