Hematology/Oncology

• CT, nuclear medicine contribute most radiation to pediatric oncology patients

• October 4, 2010
• Computed tomography and nuclear medicine procedures contributed most of the cumulative effective dose of radiation, with the total cumulative effective...More »

• In the Journals

• Media cooperation needed to curb adolescent alcohol, tobacco use

• September 28, 2010
• Pediatricians should push for more stringent restrictions on advertising campaigns and the positive portrayal of tobacco and alcohol consumption in...More »

• In the Journals

• Infection control was the main treatment strategy for chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis

• August 31, 2010
• In their study, British researchers retrospectively reviewed a series of 167 pediatric patients treated for chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis.
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• Topotecan plus cyclophosphamide demonstrated better PFS than topotecan alone in children with recurrent neuroblastoma

• August 23, 2010
• Combination therapy with topotecan plus cyclophosphamide showed better PFS than topotecan alone in patients with refractory/recurrent neuroblastoma;...More »

• In the Journals

• Adolescent vaccination rates rise

• August 19, 2010
• From 2008 to 2009, vaccination coverage among adolescents increased considerably, with some states noting as much as a 15% increase in children receiving...More »

• In the Journals

• Interfant-99: HSCT reduced risk for relapse, death in infants with MLL+ALL

• August 2, 2010
• A subset of infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the mixed-lineage leukemia gene had a reduced risk for failure due to relapse or death when...More »

• HPV vaccine: Used widely in United States, not always strongly recommended

• August 2, 2010
• Within 18 months of licensure, administration of the human papillomavirus vaccine began in nearly all family physician and pediatrician offices in the...More »

• Male childhood cancer survivors had greater adiposity, CV risk factors

• July 29, 2010
• Male childhood cancer survivors had greater adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors when compared with female cancer survivors and otherwise healthy...More »

• In the Journals

• About 25% of childhood cancer survivors have abnormal long-term cardiac function

• July 27, 2010
• Although childhood cancer rates have improved significantly since the 1940s, many cancer survivors have to deal with cancer treatment effects later in...More »

• Children born after IVF at increased risk for cancer

• July 27, 2010
• Children born after in vitro fertilization are at a moderately increased risk for cancer, according to new findings from a follow-up analysis in Sweden.
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