Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology
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J. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. · Jul 2015
The Safety and Effectiveness of Patient-controlled Analgesia in Outpatient Children and Young Adults With Cancer: A Retrospective Study.
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is safe and effective in hospitalized children; however, data regarding its use for outpatients are limited. The aims of the study are to determine the safety of outpatient PCA and to compare the standard and proxy PCA groups. ⋯ Outpatient PCA use for children and young adults with cancer is safe.
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J. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. · Jul 2015
Use of 18F-FDG-PET-CT for Assessment of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Children With Wilms Tumor.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography (F-FDG-PET-CT) in the assessment of histologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in children with Wilms tumors (WTs). ⋯ As there seems to be a good correlation of changes in SUVmax and histologic response, PET-CT has the potential of predicting the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in children with WT. SUV1 and SUV2 by themselves might be a good prognosticator of the clinical outcome of WT pediatric patients treated with International Society of Pediatric Oncology protocols, although the reduction rate of SUVmax is much less powerful for prognosis.