background: pediatric patients on chemotherapy are vulnerable to invasive fungal infection especially candida spices. resistance to antifungal agents has increased in candida spp., especially in non-albicans species. this study aims to assess the susceptibility of candida spp. strains isolated from children with acute leukemia less than 18 years. materials and methods: this prospective cross-se...

Leukemia is a malignant disease of Hematopoietic tissue which characterized by the replacement marrow element from normal bone abnormal/neoplastic blood cells. The main treatment for leukemia chemotherapy. Chemotherapy has side effects both physically and psychosocially. first source stress that occurs in parents caused children who are hospitalized, then second can be surrounding environment, ...

Introduction: This study is the fi rst study about the distribution ABO blood types at children with acute leukemia in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the study is to point out distribution of blood type groups at children with acute leukemia (AL) Methods: The number of children in this study was the following: 145 children with acute leukemia and 27 of children with acute myel...

Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) and bone marrow aspiration or biopsy in pediatric patients with hematological diseases is often repeated at regular intervals. These procedures are painful and unpleasant and bring a lot of stress for the children and their families. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two drug combinations of propofol-ketamine and propofol-remifentanil in children ...

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) constitute a family of genetically heterogeneous lymphoid neoplasms derived from B- and T-lymphoid progenitors. ALL affects both children and adults. Diagnosis is based on morphologic, immunophenotypic, and genetic features that allow differentiation from normal progenitors and other hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic neoplasms. The aim of this study was to in...

bone marrow specimens from leukemic patients were studied in a 5 year period beginning in 1982 in children's medical center of teheran,a teaching and referral center for pediatric medicine. the slides were stained by giemsa-wright stains, read by at least two persons experienced in bone marrow pathology and classified according to f.a.b. recommendations. peroxidase or sudan black-b and p.a...

abstract background: childhood leukemia, the most common type of cancer in children and teens, is a cancer of the white blood cells. as antioxidants can promote immune system against all types of cancer, the aim of this study was to explore the metabolic regulation and anti-oxidative effect of sesquiterpen-rich extract of ferula asafoetida (fa) on children with leukemia. materials and methods: ...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Age at diagnosis is a key factor for predicting the prognosis of pediatric leukemia especially regarding the survivorship assessment. In this study, we aimed to assess the impact of this prognostic factor such as age in children with pediatric leukemia. METHODS In this study, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program-registered children with leukemia during 1988-20...

Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer and accounts for 30-40% of all malignancies. A retrospective review  was performed of the hospital records of 9 children, 6 boys and 3 girls, aged  from 2.5 to 15 years with ALL initially referred to Nemazee hospital Nuclear medicine center for whole body bone scanning between 2000 and 2002. Bone marrow pathology established ALL (L1) in two and ALL (...