Pediatric Cancer, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 30-2 - March 12, 2021
Editor: Roshni Dasgupta
Language: English
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This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest-edited by Dr. Jessie Bakker, focuses on Unraveling the Puzzle of Adherence in Sleep Medicine. This issue is one of four selected each ye… Read more

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This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest-edited by Dr. Jessie Bakker, focuses on Unraveling the Puzzle of Adherence in Sleep Medicine. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editors, Dr. Teofilo Lee-Chiong and Dr. Ana C Krieger. Articles include: What can we consider to be a clinically meaningful target for PAP adherence?, Adherence to sleep therapies in children and adolescents, Socioeconomic Disparities in Positive Airway Pressure Adherence: An Integrative Review, What do we know about adherence to oral appliances?, Alternative care pathways for OSA and the impact on PAP adherence, Summary and Update on Behavioural Interventions for Improving Adherence with Positive Airway Pressure Treatment in Adults and more

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors and Neuroendocrine Tumors: Advances in Surgical Management
Key points
Introduction
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors in children
Neuroendocrine tumors in children
Summary and future work
Clinics care points
Management of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma in Pediatric Patients
Key points
Introduction
Background and incidence
Thyroid cancer in the pediatric patient with a thyroid nodule
Evaluation of a thyroid nodule
Operative recommendations for nondiagnostic, benign, and indeterminate nodules
Operative recommendations for malignant nodules and lymph node metastases
Complications
Risk of recurrence
Survival
Radioactive iodine treatment following initial surgery
Thyroid-stimulating hormone suppression and thyroglobulin surveillance
Treatment of persistent or recurrent papillary thyroid cancer
Controversies in surgical management
Follicular thyroid carcinoma
Future directions: molecular genetics and targeted therapeutics
Summary
Clinics care points
Liver Tumors in Pediatric Patients
Key points
Introduction
Patient evaluation overview
Hepatoblastoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Other malignant liver tumors in children
Summary, discussion, and future directions
Clinics care points
Management of Adrenal Tumors in Pediatric Patients
Key points
Introduction
Primary tumors
Pseudotumors, mimics, and the unexpected
Summary
Management of Neuroblastoma in Pediatric Patients
Key points
Introduction
Historical aspects
Clinical presentation
Diagnostic and staging studies
Diagnostic imaging
Pathology
Tumor biology
Risk status
Treatment
Very-low-risk and low-risk groups
Intermediate-risk group
High-risk group
Surgical techniques
Summary
Clinics care points
Surgical Management of Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma) and Renal Cell Carcinoma in Children and Young Adults
Key points
Introduction
Wilms tumor
Clinics care points
Management of Germ Cell Tumors in Pediatric Patients
Key points
Introduction
Epidemiology
Classification
Role of tumor markers
Staging and risk groups
Medical therapy
General principles in the surgical management of pediatric germ cell tumors
Surgical management of pediatric ovarian germ cell tumors
Surgical management of pediatric testicular germ cell tumors
Surgical management of pediatric extragonadal germ cell tumors
Surgical management of metastatic, refractory, and recurrent disease
Future directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Management of Rhabdomyosarcoma in Pediatric Patients
Key points
Background
Patient evaluation overview
Treatment options
Surgical treatment
Summary
Clinics care points
Treatment Concepts and Challenges in Nonrhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Key points
Introduction
General considerations
Summary
Clinics care points
Pediatric Melanoma—Diagnosis, Management, and Anticipated Outcomes
Key points
Introduction
Diagnosis
Surgical management
Medical management
Outcomes
Summary
A Surgical Approach to Pulmonary Metastasis in Children
Key points
Background
Technical aspects to pulmonary metastasectomy
Wilms tumor
Hepatoblastoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Nonrhabdomyosarcoma
Ewing sarcoma
Osteosarcoma
Summary
Fertility Considerations in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients Undergoing Cancer Therapy
Key points
Background
Basics of risk assessment
Fertility preservation options stratified by treatment timing, pubertal status, and sex
Unique considerations in pediatric fertility preservation
Future directions in pediatric ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Summary and future directions
Clinics care points
Minimally Invasive Techniques in Pediatric Surgical Oncology
Key points
Introduction
The role of minimally invasive surgery in specific pediatric solid tumors
Alternative approaches to minimally invasive surgery
Adjuvants to minimally invasive surgery
Summary