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Marco Zecca

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Classical pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma in very young patients: the Italian experience

2019

Many studies have reported a more favorable outcome in younger patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). The aims of this study were to find an appropriate age cutoff able to identify low-risk children and to describe the natural history of 135 very young patients affected by classic HL (cHL). The best age cutoff was identified at 7 years of age. EFS (p = .0451) and PFS (p = .00921) were significantly better in the group of younger patients. The OS rate at 10 years was 97.0% in the younger group and 92.5% in the older one (p = .0448). However, age was not found to be an independent prognostic factor in multivariate analysis and the better prognosis in younger patients seems to be related to more…

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Childhood high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first remission: results after chemotherapy or transplant from the AIEOP ALL 2000 study

2014

The outcome of high-risk (HR) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) patients enrolled in AIEOP-BFM ALL 2000 study (NCT00613457) in Italy is described. Overall, 1999 Philadelphia negative ALL patients entered the study. HR criteria were: minimal residual disease (MRD) levels ≥10-3 at day 78 (HR-MRD), no complete remission (no-CR) at day 33, t(4;11) translocation, Prednisone Poor Response (PPR). Treatment (2 years) included protocol I, 3 polychemotherapy blocks, delayed intensification (protocol IIx2 or IIIx3), cranial radiotherapy, maintenance. 312 HR patients (15.6% of the total) had 5-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) of 58.9%(SE 2.8) and 68.9%(2.6). In hierarchical ord…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyNeoplasm ResidualAdolescentmedicine.medical_treatmentImmunologyChromosomal translocationhigh riskacute lymphoblastic leukemiaHematopoietic stem cell transplantationBiochemistryGastroenterologyAdolescent; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Child; Child Preschool; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Humans; Infant; Male; Neoplasm Residual; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma; Radiotherapy; Remission Induction; Treatment Outcome; Hematology; Biochemistry; Cell Biology; ImmunologyPrednisonehemic and lymphatic diseasesInternal medicineAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocolshigh risk; acute lymphoblastic leukemiaHumansMedicineNeoplasmPreschoolChildChemotherapyAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolRadiotherapybusiness.industryRemission InductionHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationInfantCell BiologyHematologyPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphomamedicine.diseaseCombined Modality TherapyMinimal residual diseaseSurgeryClinical trialRadiation therapyTreatment OutcomeN/ASettore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICAResidualChild PreschoolNeoplasmFemalebusinessHumanmedicine.drugBlood
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Point of view of the Italians pediatric scientific societies about the pediatric care during the COVID-19 lockdown: What has changed and future prosp…

2020

Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently rare in children and they seem to have a milder disease course and better prognosis than adults. However, SARS-Cov-2 pandemic has indirectly caused problems in pediatric medical assistance. In view of this we wanted to draw a picture of what happened during health emergency and analyze future prospects for restarting. Methods We involved the Italian pediatric scientific societies institutionally collected in the Italian Federation of Associations and Scientific Societies of the Pediatric Area (FIARPED); We sent a questionnaire to all scientific societies about the pediatric care activity during the COVID-19 emergency a…

MaleOutcome AssessmentPediatricsPatient Care PlanningSurveys and QuestionnairesPandemicOutcome Assessment Health CareAmbulatory CareMedicineViralChildChildrenSocieties MedicalPediatricEmergency Servicelcsh:RJ1-570children; COVID-19; pediatric assistance; telemedicineSettore MED/38TelemedicineHospitalizationOutpatient visitsItalySettore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICAQuarantineContinuity of careFemalePediatric careCoronavirus InfectionsEmergency Service HospitalHumanAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyTelemedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Pneumonia ViralDisease courseHospitalMedicalHumansPandemicsInfection ControlPediatric assistancePandemicbusiness.industryCoronavirus InfectionCOVID-19lcsh:PediatricsPneumoniaHealth CareFamily medicineChildren; COVID-19; Pediatric assistance; Telemedicine; Adult; Ambulatory Care; Child; Coronavirus Infections; Delivery of Health Care; Emergency Service Hospital; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Infection Control; Italy; Male; Outcome Assessment Health Care; Pandemics; Patient Care Planning; Pediatrics; Pneumonia Viral; Quarantine; Societies Medical; Telemedicine; Surveys and QuestionnairesbusinessSocietiesDelivery of Health Care
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The prognostic value of biological markers in paediatric Hodgkin lymphoma

2015

Abstract Background Many biological and inflammatory markers have been proposed as having a prognostic value at diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), but very few have been validated in paediatric patients. We explored the significance of these markers in a large population of 769 affected children. Patients and methods By using the database of patients enrolled in A.I.E.O.P. (Associazione Italiana di Emato-Oncologia Pediatrica) trial LH2004 for paediatric HL, we identified 769 consecutive patients treated with curative intent from 1st June 2004 to 1st April 2014 with ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine), or hybrid COPP/ABV (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, pr…

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Additional file 1 of Point of view of the Italians pediatric scientific societies about the pediatric care during the COVID-19 lockdown: what has cha…

2020

Additional file 1. Fiarped questionnaire.

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