as the data on the epidemiology and outcome of fungal infections in children with hematologic cancer are limited especially in iran, this study was aimed to delineate the epidemiologic features and outcome of fungal infections in this population. the medical records of all children with hematologic malignancies diagnosed with a fungal infection from 2005 to 2010 at a tertiary pediatric hospital...

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acute myeloblastic leukemia is one of the important malignancies in children. for better managing the prognosis of this disease, there should be enough information about common features of this malignancy. the aim of this study was to evaluate these common features in children with acute myeloblastic leukemia. a total of 104 eligible children less than 15-year-old have been referred from 2007-2...

editorial The impact of treatment on the risk of second malignancy after Hodgkin's disease In the last several decades, there has been a steady improvement in the cure rate of patients diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease as more effective treatment and more accurate staging techniques become available [1]. With the growing number of patients surviving Hodgkin's disease, various delayed complicatio...

Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the commonest malignancy in Egypt secondary to endemic hepatitis virus. Dual with HCC infrequently reported. We herein retrospectively collected data of patients another primary tumor from a tertiary cancer center. Fifteen were enrolled this case series, epidemiologic data, type second malignancy, time interval between both tumors, treatment applied, a...

This report describes two patients who developed leiomyosarcomas, one involving the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh and the pelvic soft tissues and the other the urinary bladder, following hereditary retinoblastoma 36 and 38 years earlier, respectively. There is an increased risk of the development of sarcoma, most commonly osteosarcoma, as a second malignancy following hereditary retinoblasto...

This report describes two patients who developed leiomyosarcomas, one involving the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh and the pelvic soft tissues and the other the urinary bladder, following hereditary retinoblastoma 36 and 38 years earlier, respectively. There is an increased risk of the development of sarcoma, most commonly osteosarcoma, as a second malignancy following hereditary retinoblasto...