The authors of this article emphasized the importance of actively involving a diverse group of interdisciplinary team members in the psychosocial care of these patients.
Of all types of fertility treatment examined, the only one that significantly increased the risk of cancer in children was frozen embryo transfer.
Although prolonged periods of neutropenia are common following induction and intensification of chemotherapy, this study showed that pediatric patients with AML can be safely managed in the outpatient setting after resolution of neutropenia.
Central nervous system relapse rates in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia can be reduced with additional early doses of intrathecal chemotherapy.
Exercise tolerance was found to be associated with verbal fluency, dominant motor speed, and math academics, among other neurocognitive metrics.
No difference in event-free survival (EFS) was observed in children and adolescents with newly diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) according to race/ethnicity; however, postrelapse mortality was found to be higher in nonwhite groups. The findings from this pooled, secondary analysis of data from phase 3 clinical trials of dose-dense, response-adapted therapy were published in the Journal…
But no correlation seen for overweight or obesity with early relapse in cohort of Mexican children with ALL.
The increased prevalence may be real, or it could be the result of the detection of more harmless tumors through increased screening efforts.
Researchers in Colorado reviewed data on melanoma in pediatric patients 10 to 19 years, finding sex-specific differences in anatomic site and incidence of the disease.
A retrospective study using a cohort of the ALiCCS Study sought to determine hospitalization risks among survivors of leukemia during childhood 20 years after diagnosis.
