| Literature DB >> 30270492 |
Alessandro Mussa1,2, Kelly A Duffy3, Diana Carli2, Giovanni Battista Ferrero2, Jennifer M Kalish3,4.
Abstract
Patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann spectrum (BWSp) undergo quarterly alpha-fetoprotein measurement for hepatoblastoma (HB) screening up to 4 years of age, paralleling the epidemiology of nonsyndromic HB. However, specific data on the timing of HB development in BWSp are lacking. Here we compare the timing of presentation of HBs in BWSp with a control cohort of consecutive HB cases, demonstrating that halving screening duration of screening procedures in BWSp likely will not impact its effectiveness.Entities:
Keywords: Beckwith-Wiedemann; alpha-fetoprotein; cancer screening; hepatoblastoma
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30270492 PMCID: PMC7955797 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27492
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer ISSN: 1545-5009 Impact factor: 3.167