Search Results - "Vasta, Lauren M"
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Rare Tumors: Opportunities and challenges from the Children’s Oncology Group perspective
Published in EJC paediatric oncology (01-12-2023)“…While all childhood cancers are rare, tumors that are particularly infrequent or underrepresented within pediatrics are studied under the umbrella of the…”
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Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartomas in a cohort with pathogenic germline variation in DICER1
Published in Rhinology (Amsterdam) (01-01-2020)“…Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartomas are benign, rare nasal tumors associated with pathogenic germline variation. They can be locally destructive and recurrent…”
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Management of Hyperhemolysis in β-thalassemia With Multiple Immunosuppressives, Including Complement Blockade
Published in Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology (01-11-2021)“…Hyperhemolysis is a life-threatening condition of exaggerated hemolysis of red blood cells which occurs in patients receiving chronic transfusion therapy. We…”
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A Retrospective Review of Mercaptopurine Metabolism Reveals High Rate of Patients With Suboptimal Metabolites Successfully Corrected With Allopurinol
Published in Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology (01-10-2021)“…Skewed drug metabolism of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) can jeopardize antileukemic effects and result in toxicities during the treatment of acute lymphoblastic…”
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Prevalence of lung cysts in adolescents and adults with a germline DICER1 pathogenic/likely pathogenic variant: a report from the National Institutes of Health and International Pleuropulmonary Blastoma/ DICER1 Registry
Published in Thorax (14-06-2024)“…Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB), the hallmark tumour associated with -related tumour predisposition, is characterised by an age-related progression from a…”
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Type I and Ir pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB): A report from the International PPB/DICER1 Registry
Published in Cancer (15-02-2023)“…Background Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is the most common lung cancer of infancy and early childhood. Type I PPB is a purely cystic lesion that has a…”
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Hypoglycemia Due to Acquired Carnitine Deficiency in a Pediatric Patient Receiving Chemotherapy
Published in Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology (01-03-2022)“…We describe a 21-month-old male with relapsed clear cell sarcoma of the kidney receiving enteral nutrition who experienced recurrent, ketotic hypoglycemia…”
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Testicular Sertoli cell tumour and potentially testicular Leydig cell tumour are features of DICER1 syndrome
Published in Journal of medical genetics (01-04-2022)“…syndrome is a rare paediatric autosomal dominant inherited disorder predisposing to various benign and malignant tumours. It is caused by a germline pathogenic…”
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Survival in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Sarcoma in the Military Health System: Comparison With the SEER Population
Published in Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology (01-08-2021)“…Background: We sought to compare survival outcomes of sarcomas in the pediatric and adolescent/young adult populations with universal care access in the…”
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Hematologic indices in individuals with pathogenic germline DICER1 variants
Published in Blood advances (12-01-2021)“…Pathogenic germline variants in DICER1 underlie an autosomal dominant, pleiotropic tumor-predisposition disorder. Murine models with the loss of DICER1 in…”
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Lack of pathogenic germline DICER1 variants in males with testicular germ-cell tumors
Published in Cancer genetics (01-10-2020)“…•Testicular germ cell tumors were not observed in our study of men with pathogenic DICER1 variants.•No association was observed between DICER1 variants and men…”
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Management of Hyperhemolysis in β-thalassemia With Multiple Immunosuppressives, Including Complement Blockade
Published in Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology (20-01-2021)“…Hyperhemolysis is a life-threatening condition of exaggerated hemolysis of red blood cells which occurs in patients receiving chronic transfusion therapy. We…”
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Hypoglycemia Due to Acquired Carnitine Deficiency in a Pediatric Patient Receiving Chemotherapy
Published in Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology (03-03-2021)“…We describe a 21-month-old male with relapsed clear cell sarcoma of the kidney receiving enteral nutrition who experienced recurrent, ketotic hypoglycemia…”
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Post Partum Depression: Improving Education and Screening in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting
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