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International Collaboration on Childhood Leukemia

The current cure rate of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia has reached 80% in many industrialized countries, but in develo** countries the rate is often less than 10%.To advance the cure rate, investiga...

Ching-Hon Pui, Raul C. Ribeiro in International Journal of Hematology (2003)

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Abdominal compartment syndrome in a newly diagnosed patient with Burkitt lymphoma

We present the radiological and clinical aspects of a patient with advanced-stage Burkitt lymphoma who presented with an acute abdomen complicated by abdominal compartment syndrome.

Jennifer M. Hendrick, Sue C. Kaste, Robert F. Tamburro… in Pediatric Radiology (2006)

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Childhood Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Raul C. Ribeiro, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Gerard P. Zambetti in Encyclopedia of Cancer (2009)

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Spinal epidural lipomatosis in children with hematologic malignancies

Abnormal fat deposition in the epidural space or spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) due to corticosteroid treatment or obesity may cause obstruction to cerebrospinal fluid flow. Little is known about SEL in pat...

Rachel C. Brennan, Kathleen J. Helton, Deqing Pei, Cheng Cheng… in Annals of Hematology (2011)

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Childhood Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Raul C. Ribeiro, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Gerard P. Zambetti in Encyclopedia of Cancer

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Internal tandem duplication of the FLT3 gene confers poor overall survival in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with all-trans retinoic acid and anthracycline-based chemotherapy: an International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia study

Activating internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations in the fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) gene (FLT3-ITD) are associated with poor outcome in acute myeloid leukemia, but their prognostic impact in acute pro...

Antonio R. Lucena-Araujo, Haesook T. Kim, Rafael H. Jacomo… in Annals of Hematology (2014)

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All-trans retinoic acid with daunorubicin or idarubicin for risk-adapted treatment of acute promyelocytic leukaemia: a matched-pair analysis of the PETHEMA LPA-2005 and IC-APL studies

Front-line treatment of acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) consists of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and anthracycline-based chemotherapy. In this setting, a comparison of idarubicin and daunorubicin has never ...

Miguel A. Sanz, Pau Montesinos, Haesook T. Kim… in Annals of Hematology (2015)

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Childhood Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Raul C. Ribeiro, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Gerard P. Zambetti in Encyclopedia of Cancer (2017)

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Predictors of thrombohemorrhagic early death in children and adolescents with t(15;17)-positive acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with ATRA and chemotherapy

Clinical trials on childhood acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) report early death (ED) rates of 3–8%, but predictors of thrombohemorrhagic (TH)-ED are not well understood. In a retrospective study, we aimed t...

Oussama Abla, Raul C. Ribeiro, Anna Maria Testi, Pau Montesinos… in Annals of Hematology (2017)

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Survival and risk factors for mortality in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia in a single reference center in low–middle-income country

Despite advances in therapy and care for children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), survival rates for children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain poor. We studied risk factors for mortality a...

Mecneide Mendes Lins, Maria Julia Gonçalves Mello, Raul C Ribeiro… in Annals of Hematology (2019)

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Decitabine combined with minimally myelosuppressive therapy for induction of remission in pediatric high-risk acute myeloid leukemia with chromosome 5q deletion: a report of three cases

Cases of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with complex karyotypes including chromosome 5 abnormalities are rare and have a very poor prognosis. Management of AML with monosomy 5/del(5q) has been inconsis...

Shengqin Cheng, Peifang **ao, Juxiang Wang… in International Journal of Hematology (2022)

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Rituximab administration in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Polyethylene glycol (PEG)-asparaginase (pegaspargase) is a key agent in chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but recipients frequently experience allergic reactions. We hypothesized that by dec...

Keito Hoshitsuki, Yinmei Zhou, April M. Miller, John K. Choi, Hope D. Swanson… in Leukemia (2023)