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Parental Alcohol Consumption, Cigarette Smoking, and Risk of Infant Leukemia: a Childrens Cancer Group Study by Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ross, Julie A., Pendergrass, Thomas W., Reaman, Gregory H., Lampkin, Beatrice, Robison, Leslie L.

“…Background: Whether parental drinking and smoking during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of cancer in offspring is controversial. There are…”
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Prevention of immunization to D+ red blood cells with red blood cell exchange and intravenous Rh immune globulin by Nester, T.A., Rumsey, D.M., Howell, C.C., Gilligan, D.M., Drachman, J.G., Maier, R.V., Kyles, D.M., Matthews, D.C., Pendergrass, T.W.

“…BACKGROUND:  Although young women who are D– occasionally receive unintentional transfusions with D+ red blood cells (RBCs), there are little data to assist…”
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Treatment Outcome and Prognostic Factors for Infants With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated on Two Consecutive Trials of the Children's Cancer Group by REAMAN, G. H, SPOSTO, R, JOHNSTONE, H. S, O'BRIEN, R. T, STEINHERZ, P. G, ZELTZER, P. M, GAYNON, P. S, TRIGG, M. E, UCKUN, F. M, SENSEL, M. G, LANGE, B. J, FEUSNER, J. H, HEEREMA, N. A, LEONARD, M, HOLMES, E. J, SATHER, H. N, PENDERGRASS, T. W

“…Infants represent a very poor risk group for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We report treatment outcome for such patients treated with intensive therapy…”
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Epidemiology of osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma in childhood : A study of 305 cases by the Children's Cancer Group by BUCKLEY, J. D, PENDERGRASS, T. W, BUCKLEY, C. M, PRITCHARD, D. J, NESBIT, M. E, PROVISOR, A. J, ROBISON, L. L

“…The Children's Cancer Group conducted a case-control study to determine the role of a broad range of environmental and familial factors in the etiology of…”
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Eight drugs in one day chemotherapy for brain tumors: experience in 107 children and rationale for preradiation chemotherapy by Pendergrass, T W, Milstein, J M, Geyer, J R, Mulne, A F, Kosnik, E J, Morris, J D, Heideman, R L, Ruymann, F B, Stuntz, J T, Bleyer, W A

“…The development of a new multidrug chemotherapy regimen for primary brain tumors was based upon the cellular heterogeneity within individual tumors, the…”
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Plasma pharmacokinetics and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of idarubicin and idarubicinol in pediatric leukemia patients : a childrens cancer study group report by REID, J. M, PENDERGRASS, T. W, KRAILO, M. D, HAMMOND, G. D, AMES, M. M

“…Idarubicin (4-demethoxydaunomycin) is an anthracycline analogue with striking in vitro and in vivo activity against murine leukemias. Based on activity in…”
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Visual outcomes of macular retinoblastoma after external beam radiation therapy by Weiss, A H, Karr, D J, Kalina, R E, Lindsley, K L, Pendergrass, T W

“…To determine the risk factors that influence the visual outcomes of patients with macular retinoblastoma who are treated with radiation therapy. The medical…”
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Maternal Exposure to Potential Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase II and Infant Leukemia (United States): A Report from the Children's Cancer Group by Ross, Julie A., Potter, John D., Reaman, Gregory H., Pendergrass, Thomas W., Robison, Leslie L.

“…Nearly 80 percent of infant leukemias present with an abnormality involving the MLL gene at 11q23. Moreover, secondary acute myeloid leukemias (AML) that occur…”
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The incidence and epidemiologic characteristics of neuroblastoma in the United States by Davis, S, Rogers, M A, Pendergrass, T W

“…The incidence of neuroblastoma in the United States is described in relation to age, sex, race, and anatomic site, as well as population-derived indicators of…”
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Renal involvement in children with lymphoma: comparison of CT with sonography by Weinberger, E, Rosenbaum, DM, Pendergrass, TW

“…In order to determine whether real-time sonography or contrast-enhanced CT was better for detecting renal involvement by lymphoma in children, we…”
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Eight drugs in one day chemotherapy in children with brain tumors: a critical toxicity appraisal by Geyer, J R, Pendergrass, T W, Milstein, J M, Bleyer, W A

“…The toxicity of a new chemotherapeutic regimen for CNS tumors using eight anticancer agents administered in a 12-hour period was evaluated in 34 children with…”
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Recommendations for the use of routine bone marrow aspiration and lumbar punctures in the follow-up of patients with retinoblastoma by MOSCINSKI, L. C, PENDERGRASS, T. W, WEISS, A, HVIZDALA, E, BUCKLEY, K. S, KALINA, R. E

“…Patients with metastatic retinoblastoma have a poor outcome. Hope that early detection of extraocular spread will improve survival has led to routine…”
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Systemic responses to tourniquet release in children by LYNN, A. M, FISCHER, T, BRANDFORD, H. G, PENDERGRASS, T. W

“…The hemodynamic and metabolic effects of deflation of pneumatic tourniquets were assessed in 15 children, seven of whom had bilateral tourniquets applied…”
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Prescription Medication Use during Pregnancy and Risk of Infant Leukemia (United States) by Ross, Julie A., Xie, Yang, Davies, Stella M., Shu, Xiao-ou, Pendergrass, Thomas W., Robison, Leslie L.

“…Objective: We explored whether maternal medication use during pregnancy may be an important etiologic area for investigation in studies of infant leukemia…”
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Preoperative chemotherapy in the treatment of Wilms' tumor diagnosed with the aid of fine needle aspiration biopsy by Bray, G L, Pendergrass, T W, Schaller, Jr, R T, Kiviat, N, Beckwith, J B

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Association of paternal diagnostic X-ray exposure with risk of infant leukemia. Investigators of the Childrens Cancer Group by Shu, X O, Reaman, G H, Lampkin, B, Sather, H N, Pendergrass, T W, Robison, L L

“…Whether low level radiation exposure before conception increases the risk of leukemia in offspring has been much debated. No study has specifically evaluated…”
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Comparison of idarubicin to daunomycin in a randomized multidrug treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia at first bone marrow relapse: A report from the Children's Cancer Group by Feig, Stephen A., Ames, Matthew M., Sather, Harland N., Steinherz, Laurel, Reid, Joel M., Trigg, Michael, Pendergrass, Thomas W., Warkentin, Phyllis, Gerber, Mirjam, Leonard, Marcia, Bleyer, W. Archie, Harris, Richard E.

“…The outcome of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and bone marrow relapse has been unsatisfactory largely because of failure to present…”
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Incidence of retinoblastoma in the United States by Pendergrass, T W, Davis, S

“…Data from the population-based Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute were used to calculate the incidence of…”
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Canine cryptorchism and subsequent testicular neoplasia: case-control study with epidemiologic update by Hayes, Jr, H M, Wilson, G P, Pendergrass, T W, Cox, V S

“…A retrospective study of 2,912 cryptorchid dogs identified 14 breeds with significantly high risk. Among six distinct closely interrelated breed groups (e.g.,…”
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Congenital anomalies in children with Wilms' tumor: a new survey by Pendergrass, T W

“…From 68 hospitals in the National Wilms' Tumor Study, records of 547 patients showed six patients with aniridia, 16 with hemihypertrophy, and 24 with…”
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