The Ewing family of tumors: Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors

HE Grier - Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1997 - Elsevier
The Ewing family of tumors (Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor [PNET])
is the second most common malignant bone tumor (after osteogenic sarcoma) in children …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term survivors of childhood cancer: the medical consequences of cure

N Marina - Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1997 - Elsevier
Although rare, cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in children less than 15
years of age in the United States. 143 With the consistent use of effective multimodality …

Solid cancers after bone marrow transplantation

RE Curtis, PA Rowlings, HJ Deeg… - … England Journal of …, 1997 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The late effects of bone marrow transplantation, including cancer, need to be
determined in a large population at risk. Methods We studied 19,229 patients who received …

Cancer incidence after retinoblastoma: radiation dose and sarcoma risk

FL Wong, JD Boice, DH Abramson, RE Tarone… - Jama, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Context.—There is a substantial risk of a second cancer for persons with hereditary
retinoblastoma, which is enhanced by radiotherapy. Objective.—To examine long-term risk …

Combined chemoreduction and adjuvant treatment for intraocular retinoblastoma

CL Shields, JA Shields, M Needle, P De Potter… - Ophthalmology, 1997 - Elsevier
Objective: The purpose of the study is to investigate chemoreduction and adjuvant treatment
(AT) for retinoblastoma and its effect on complete retinal tumor control, vitreous seed control …

Second cancers after medulloblastoma: population-based results from the United States and Sweden

AM Goldstein, J Yuen, MA Tucker - Cancer Causes & Control, 1997 - Springer
Medulloblastoma, one of the most common central nervous system (CNS) tumors in
children, requires aggressive multimodality therapy including surgery, radiation therapy, and …

Radiation and genetic factors in the risk of second malignant neoplasms after a first cancer in childhood

SJ Kony, F de Vathaire, A Chompret, A Shamsaldim… - The Lancet, 1997 - thelancet.com
Background Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are associated with an increased risk of
second malignant neoplasm (SMN). An association between SMN and familial aggregation …

Occupational and environmental radiation and cancer

JDJ Boice, JH Lubin - Cancer Causes & Control, 1997 - Springer
Epidemiologic evidence on the relation between occupational and environmental radiation
and cancer is reviewed. Studies of pioneering radiation workers, underground miners, and …

Osteosarcoma

JS Whelan - European journal of cancer, 1997 - Elsevier
OSTEOSARCOMA IS the most common primary bone malignancy affecting children and
young adults. Their outlook, compared with the results of treatment available 25 years ago …

Second malignant neoplasms occuring in survivors of osteosarcoma

CB Pratt, WH Meyer, X Luo, AM Cain… - … Journal of the …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Second malignant neoplasms have been noted infrequently in survivors of
osteosarcoma treated before 1970. METHODS For the above reason, the authors surveyed …