Malnutrition in pediatric patients with cancer at diagnosis and throughout therapy: A multicenter cohort study [PDF]
Malnutrition is a common problem in pediatric patients with cancer. Reported prevalence varies widely and has often been assessed only in a subset of childhood types of cancer.
Zimmermann, Karin +4 more
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Access to specialized pediatric cancer care in Switzerland [PDF]
Specialized pediatric cancer centers (PCCs) are thought to be essential to obtain state-of-the-art care for children and adolescents. We determined the proportion of childhood cancer patients not treated in a PCC, and described their characteristics and ...
Probst-Hensch, Nicole +7 more
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Maternal pelvic size not predictive of daughter's breast cancer or ovarian cancer in a large Swedish cohort. [PDF]
Recent studies from Finland reported that maternal pelvic size predicted daughters' breast and ovarian cancer, possibly because maternal pelvic size is a marker for in utero hormone exposure.
Goodman, Anna +8 more
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How to target apoptosis signaling pathways for the treatment of pediatric cancers [PDF]
Apoptosis represents one of the most important forms of cell death in higher organisms and is typically dysregulated in human cancers, including pediatric tumors.
Simone Fulda +2 more
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Audiological monitoring in Swiss childhood cancer patients [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Full audiological monitoring is the best strategy to detect hearing loss early and to provide timely intervention in the absence of a clinical method of otoprotection.
Stieger, Christof +59 more
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The importance of pediatric cancer registries in childhood cancer control [PDF]
Cancers in children, as the major cause of pediatric deaths, account for one percent of all cancers. Cancer control program is intended to diminish occurrence, morbidity and mortality and to improve the life quality of people with cancer.
Shaterzadeh-Yazdi, Hanieh +1 more
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Over the last two decades, rapid technological advances have dramatically changed radiation delivery to children with cancer, enabling improved normal-tissue sparing. This article describes recent advances in photon and proton therapy technologies, image-
Klaus Seiersen +19 more
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Global pediatric radiation therapy in resource‐limited settings
This report provides a summary of the global burden of childhood cancer morbidity and mortality, which disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries as well as low- and middle-income communities within high-income countries.
Clayton B. Hess +22 more
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Interventional Pain Management for the Pediatric Cancer Patient: A Literature Review
This literature review examines the use of interventional treatments for pain management in pediatric cancer patients. While interventional procedures may be effective in cancer pain management, these procedures are infrequently employed in pediatric ...
Christina Le-Short +4 more
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Clinical and molecular features of pediatric cancer patients with Lynch syndrome [PDF]
Background The association of childhood cancer with Lynch syndrome is not established compared with the significant pediatric cancer risk in recessive constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome (CMMRD). Procedure We describe the clinical features,
Rajkumar Venkatramani +45 more
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