Pediatrics
From the Journals
Study confirms small blood cancer risk from CT scans
New research suggests that radiation exposure from CT scans heightens the risk of blood cancer in people under age 22.
Conference Coverage
Children with sickle cell disease at risk for vision loss
“Our data underscores the need for patients – including pediatric patients – with sickle cell disease to get routine ophthalmic screenings along...
Opinion
Breastfeeding and colorectal cancer
Investigators examining the health histories of more than 150,000 women found that those who were breastfed incurred a 23% greater risk of...
Conference Coverage
Salvage option to replace transplant in r/r Hodgkin lymphoma?
“The findings suggest that children, adolescents, and young adults with low-risk relapsed classic Hodgkin lymphoma can be salvaged with low-...
News
FDA approves bosutinib for children with CML
Bosutinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of child patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Commentary
A teenage girl refuses more cancer treatment; her father disagrees
For those who have recurrent disease and now face only experimental options – if they say no, that’s something we really have to listen to very...
Conference Coverage
DEI training gives oncology fellows more confidence
Only 2%-3% of practicing oncologists are Black or Hispanic/Latino, says Yale Cancer Center doctor.
From the Journals
No safe dose of cardiac radiation in children?
“These findings solidify the need to consider cardiac substructure doses in [pediatric] radiation treatment planning and in survivorship care.”
Feature
Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now U.S. cancer patients can’t get meds
On Nov. 22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags...
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Consider mental health and social factors in management of sickle cell disease
Screen sickle cell disease patients for depression and mental health issues, especially those reporting higher levels of pain.
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Warts difficult to eradicate in immunocompromised children
Warts completely resolved with treatment in only 24% of children undergoing active cancer treatment.