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Antibiotic use during infectious episodes in the first 6 months of anticancer treatment—A Swedish cohort study of children aged 7–16 years by af Sandeberg, M., Johansson, E., Wettergren, L., Björk, O., Hertting, O., Nilsson, A.

“…Background Children undergoing cancer therapy are at risk for infectious complications that require hospitalization and antimicrobial therapy. Host factors…”
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Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Osteosarcoma Study SSG VIII: prognostic factors for outcome and the role of replacement salvage chemotherapy for poor histological responders by Smeland, S, Müller, C, Alvegard, T.A, Wiklund, T, Wiebe, T, Björk, O, Stenwig, A.E, Willén, H, Holmström, T, Follerås, G, Brosjö, O, Kivioja, A, Jonsson, K, Monge, O, Sæter, G

“…From 1990 to 1997, 113 eligible patients with classical osteosarcoma received neo-adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of high-dose methotrexate, cisplatin and…”
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Disease-related Distress in Parents of Children with Cancer at Various Stages After the Time of Diagnosis by Boman, Krister, Lindahl, Annika, Björk, Olle

“…This study evaluates and describes disease-related distress in parents, with particular focus on the association between the time elapsed since the child's…”
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Intensification of Mercaptopurine/Methotrexate Maintenance Chemotherapy May Increase the Risk of Relapse for Some Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by SCHMIEGELOW, Kjeld, BJÖRK, Olle, WEINSHILBOUM, Richard, GLOMSTEIN, Anders, GUSTAFSSON, Göran, KEIDING, Niels, KRISTINSSON, Jon, MÄKIPERNAA, Anne, ROSTHØJ, Susanne, SZUMLANSKI, Carol, SØRENSEN, Tine M

“…Thioguanine nucleotides (TGNs) mediate the cytotoxicity of mercaptopurine (MP). Methylated MP metabolites (formed by thiopurine methyltransferase [TPMT]) and…”
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Five-year results in Ewing's sarcoma. The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group experience with the SSG IX protocol by Elomaa, I., Blomqvist, C.P., Saeter, G., Åkerman, M., Stenwig, E., Wiebe, T., Björk, O., Alvegård, T.A.

“…The first Scandinavian protocol for Ewing's sarcoma, SSG IV, resulted in a local control rate of 74% and 5-year metastasis-free survival (MFS) of 43%. The…”
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Expression of CD27–CD70 on Early B Cell Progenitors in the Bone Marrow: Implication for Diagnosis and Therapy of Childhood ALL by Nilsson, Anna, de Milito, Angelo, Mowafi, Frida, Winberg, Gösta, Björk, Olle, Wolpert, Elisabeth Z., Chiodi, Francesca

“…CD27, a member of the TNF receptor family, plays an important role in lymphoid proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. This study addresses the…”
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Care-Related Distress: A Nationwide Study of Parents Who Lost Their Child to Cancer by KREICBERGS, Ulrika, VALDIMARSDOTTIR, Unnur, ONELÖV, Erik, BJÖRK, Olle, STEINECK, Gunnar, HENTER, Jan-Inge

“…Palliative care is an important part of cancer treatment. However, little is known about how care-related factors affect bereaved intimates in a long-term…”
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Antibiotic use during infectious episodes in the first 6 months of anticancer treatmentA Swedish cohort study of children aged 7-16 years by af, Sandeberg M, Johansson, E, Wettergren, L, Bjork, O, Hertting, O, Nilsson, A

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The clinical use of fine needle aspiration cytology for diagnosis and management of children with neuroblastic tumours by FRÖSTAD, B, TANI, E, KOGNER, P, MAEDA, S, BJÖRK, O, SKOOG, L

“…This study presents the results of fine needle aspiration cytology in a series of 26 consecutive children with neuroblastic tumours. The cytological spectrum…”
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8060 INVITED What consequences of childhood cancer do young adults consider important? by Wettergren, L, Sundberg, K, Björk, O, Lampic, C

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A comparative pharmacokinetic study of doxorubicin and 4′-epi-doxorubicin in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia using a limited sampling procedure by Eksborg, Staffan, Palm, Carina, Björk, Olle

“…Antraquinone glycosides are an important class of antineoplastic drugs, frequently used for treatment of a variety of malignancies in children. Doxorubicin…”
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Quantification of doxorubicin in plasma—a comparative study of capillary and venous blood sampling by Palm, Carina, Björk, Olle, Björkholm, Magnus, Eksborg, Staffan

“…Doxorubicin, an anthraquinone glycoside, is currently one of the clinically most important antineoplastic drugs. The aim of the present study was to identify…”
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Intensive chemotherapy without radiotherapy gives more than 85% event-free survival for non-Hodgkin lymphoma without central nervous involvement: a 6-year population-based study from the nordic society of pediatric hematology and oncology by Márky, Ildikó, Björk, Olle, Forestier, Erik, Jónsson, Olofur G, Perkkiö, Mikko, Schmiegelow, Kjeld, Storm-Mathiesen, Ingebjörg, Gustafsson, Göran

“…The prognosis in childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) has improved dramatically during recent decades. The authors report the results from a 6-year…”
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Angiographic studies of internal mammary artery grafts 11 years after coronary artery bypass grafting by Ivert, T, Huttunen, K, Landou, C, Björk, V O

“…Of 99 consecutive patients with 101 internal mammary artery grafts, 91 of 97 hospital survivors (94%) underwent angiography 2 weeks after operation, 84 of 96…”
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Immunity to Measles, Mumps and Rubella After Acute Lymphatic Leukemia in Childhood by Nilsson, A, Nordin, M, Chiodi, F, Björk, O

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Intralesional steroids in Langerhans cell histiocytosis of bone by Bernstrand, C, Björk, O, Ahström, L, Henter, J I

“…Langerhans cell histiocytosis may involve single or multiple organ systems. Bone involvement is the most common feature. We have examined retrospectively the…”
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Antibiotic use during infectious episodes in the first 6 months of anticancer treatment-A Swedish cohort study of children aged 7-16 years: SANDEBERG ET AL by af Sandeberg, M., Johansson, E., Wettergren, L., Björk, O., Hertting, O., Nilsson, A.

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Mechanical mitral valves without long-term anticoagulation up to thirteen years by Björk, V O, Ribeiro, A, Canetti, M

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Intraindividual variation in 6-mercaptopurine pharmacokinetics during oral maintenance therapy of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia by LAFOLIE, P, HAYDER, S, BJORK, O, PETERSON, C

“…Intraindividual variation in 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) kinetics has been little studied. It has now been examined in 18 children with acute lymphoblastic…”
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High-dose methotrexate: on the relationship of methotrexate elimination time vs renal function and serum methotrexate levels in 1164 courses in 264 Swedish children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) by SKÄRBY, T, JÖNSSON, P, HJORTH, L, BEHRENTZ, M, BJÖRK, O, FORESTIER, E, JARFELT, M, LÖNNERHOLM, G, HÖGLUND, P

“…The objectives of the present study were to determine the relationship between methotrexate (MTX) elimination time and various aspects of renal function and to…”
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