Pediatrics
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HPV Vaccine Safe, Effective in Girls with JIA
Major Finding: Mean geometric mean antibodies to two strains of human papilloma virus reached protective levels (5,119 LU/mL for HPV 16 and 2,764...
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Hospitals See Spike in Palliative Care Teams
Major Finding: 63% of hospitals in the U.S.
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Childhood Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk for Melanoma Risk
Major Finding: The cumulative incidence of a first subsequent melanoma was 0.52% at 35 years from initial cancer.Data Source: Retrospective...
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Busulfan-Melphalan Superior as Myeloablative Tx for High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Major Finding: Compared with their peers who were given CEM, patients who were given BUMEL had superior 3-year rates of event-free survival (49%...
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Higher Methotrexate Dose Fends Off Pediatric Leukemia Recurrence
Major Finding: Event-free survival at 5 years was 82% in the high-dose methotrexate arm and 75% with a standard Capizzi regimen (P=.006).Data...
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Update on romiplostim therapy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura
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Tumor Necrosis After Chemotherapy May Predict Survival in Hepatoblastoma
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Improving Access to Pediatric Palliative Care
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Romiplostim Bests Standard of Care for Immune Thrombocytopenia
Major Finding: Romiplostim produced markedly lower rates of treatment failure (11%) and need for splenectomy (9%) than did traditional treatments...