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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
We reviewed the pattern of acute neurotoxicity in children with B-non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL) and B-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treated with the UKCCSG 9002/9003 protocols. Among 175 patients, 21 (12%) developed acute neurotoxicity: 9002 protocol (n=11/112) and 9003 (n=10/63). There were 20 boys and the median age was 10 years. Patients with neurological symptoms due to other causes were excluded. Acute neurological symptoms developed following induction chemotherapy in 7 patients, or after a more intensive course of chemotherapy containing high-dose methotrexate (n=14). Nine patients required their chemotherapy to be altered because of the acute neurotoxicity. One patient died of cerebral haemorrhage but none of the remaining six deaths was attributed to acute neurotoxicity. We conclude that acute neurotoxicity is common in children treated with the 9002/9003 protocols and tends to be transient. Intrathecal and systemic chemotherapy including high-dose methotrexate is probably the most common predisposing factor. Modification of subsequent chemotherapy is not invariably necessary.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1346-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Anticonvulsants, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Burkitt Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Child, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Clinical Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Great Britain, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Lymphoma, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Nervous System Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Tomography, X-Ray Computed, pubmed-meshheading:15177494-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute neurotoxicity in children with advanced stage B-non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and B-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia treated with the United Kingdom children cancer study group 9002/9003 protocols.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Jeddah, P.O. Box 9515, Jeddah 21423, Saudi Arabia. ayadatra@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article