Purpose: To identify prognostic factors related to outcome in 219 children and adolescents
with synovial sarcoma. Patients and Methods: We combined the experiences of the four …

Purpose: Despite growing concerns toward maintaining participants' privacy, individual
investigators collecting tissue and other biological specimens for genomic analysis are …

A benefit of temozolomide (TMZ) is that myelotoxicity is uncommon. Recently, several small
series have reported significant myelotoxicity resulting in treatment delays or death. The …

Stockholm to exchange ideas and perspectives on treating children with proton therapy. To
encompass the spectrum of current opinion, participants represented a wide cross-section of …

Purpose To report long-term progression-free survival (PFS) and late-toxicity outcomes in
pediatric craniopharyngioma patients treated with IMRT. Patients and methods Twenty-four …

Background Glutathione S‐transferase (GST) enzymes are involved in detoxifying
chemotherapy and clearing reactive oxygen species formed by radiation. We explored the …

Anthracycline chemotherapy (AC) is associated with impaired left ventricular (LV) systolic
function. LV ejection fraction (EF %) obtained by two-dimensional echocardiography is the …

Objective: To investigate the relationship between birth weight and risk of early age childhood
cancer and whether racial differences in birth weight distribution could explain differences …

Background Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare mesenchymal tumor characterized
by ASPL‐TFE3 translocation. Apart from complete surgical resection, there is no standard …

Manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn SOD ), encoded by the SOD 2 gene, is involved in
the detoxification of superoxide anion. Superoxide is likely a source of oxidative stress in the …