Hematology/Oncology

• In the Journals

• Novel therapy may prevent osteonecrosis in pediatric ALL

• HemOnc Today, September 25, 2012
• An alternate-week treatment regimen of dexamethasone significantly reduced osteonecrosis compared with standard continuous therapy among children and...More »

• In the Journals

• TBI for pediatric malignancies linked to multi-organ dysfunction

• HemOnc Today, September 25, 2012
• Patients aged younger than 3 years who underwent total body irradiation after hematopoietic stem cell transplant were at risk for multi-organ dysfunction,...More »

• Perspective

• Radiation to pancreas may increase risk for diabetes in childhood cancer survivors

• HemOnc Today, September 25, 2012
• Little is known about the potential link between radiation exposure and diabetes. However, new data suggest that children and young adults treated with...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Advances in diagnosis, treatment of influenza failed to alter its severity in pediatric cancer patients

• HemOnc Today, September 10, 2012
• Advances in the management of pediatric cancer and influenza since the 1970s have not changed the epidemiology and outcome of influenza in oncology...More »

• In the Journals

• Young adult patients with cancer lack psychosocial support

• HemOnc Today, August 25, 2012
• A substantial number of adolescents and young adults with cancer do not receive sufficient psychological and social support, according to study results.
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• In the Journals

• Genetic mutations responsible for childhood brain tumors identified

• HemOnc Today, September 10, 2012
• Researchers have identified several gene mutations that cause medulloblastoma, the most common childhood brain tumor.
  Medulloblastoma originates in the...More »

• Perspective

• Intensified chemotherapy regimen failed to improve outcomes in high-risk rhabdomyosarcoma

• HemOnc Today, July 25, 2012
• Patients with non-metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma received no survival advantage or reduction in intensity of local therapy when treated with an intensified...More »

• Perspective

• Imaging after 1 year may not be beneficial in HL survivors

• HemOnc Today, July 25, 2012
• Follow-up CT imaging may be overused in pediatric Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivors, as a recent study has found that only a small percentage of relapses...More »

• Combination regimen did not improve survival in low-grade glioma in children

• HemOnc Today, July 25, 2012
• The use of a combination of thioguanine, procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine did not increase event-free survival compared with carboplatin and...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• Antiretrovirals failed to raise cancer risk

• HemOnc Today, August 25, 2012
• WASHINGTON — Despite concerns to the contrary, 5 years of published data, including data presented here this week at the XIX International AIDS...More »

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