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The Food and Drug Administration announced on Feb. 21 that it had lined up several manufacturers that can provide enough doxorubicin and methotrexate to alleviate current shortages of these vital cancer drugs starting immediately. Doxorubicin has been in short supply off and on for the last... »
IGF-I Doesn't Predict Late Complications in Childhood Cancer...
SAN DIEGO –Insulinlike growth factor I level was not useful as a marker of growth hormone deficiency or altered body composition in a retrospective review of a large cohort of adult survivors of childhood cancers. Late cancer treatment–related complications – metabolic syndrome, osteogenic side... »
Return ED Visits by Sickle Cell Patients Common
SAN DIEGO – More than 40% of patients with sickle cell disease return for acute care within 14 days following an emergency department treat-and-release visit, with young adults and those with public insurance having the highest rates of return. Those are key findings from a large analysis of data... »
SAN DIEGO – High hyperploidy – 50 or more chromosomes – has been recognized since the 1980s as a favorable prognostic feature in children with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but it appears that the best results... »
IGF-I Doesn't Predict Late Complications in Childhood Cancer Survivors
SAN DIEGO –Insulinlike growth factor I level was not useful as a marker of growth hormone deficiency or altered body composition in a retrospective review of a large cohort of adult survivors of childhood cancers. Late... »
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Feb. 21 that it had lined up several manufacturers that can provide enough doxorubicin and methotrexate to alleviate current shortages of these vital cancer drugs starting... »
58-Plus Chromosomes Bode Well in Childhood B-ALL
SAN DIEGO – High hyperploidy – 50 or more chromosomes – has been recognized since the 1980s as a favorable prognostic feature in children with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but it appears that the best results... »
New Scoring System Devised for Youth With Hodgkin's Lymphoma
SAN DIEGO – A simple scoring system identified a subset of young patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma who are predicted to have an event-free survival rate of less than 80%. The system, known as the Childhood Hodgkin... »
SAN DIEGO – Mounting data from a federally funded follow-up to the BABY HUG study continue to demonstrate that hydroxyurea is a safe and effective treatment for young children with sickle cell anemia. The results confirm... »
Cancer Risk Doubled in Children with JIA
ATLANTA – The rate of cancer in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the United States was at least twice as high as was the rate of cancer in children the same age without JIA, but no cancer cases were found among... »
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