Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Genitourinary Cancers   

Questions discussed in this category


Do you insist on ambulatory/home blood pressures to rule in/out white coat hypertension? Does your practice have a system to log patients' BPs to supp...

For instance, do you factor availability of RNAseq, inclusion of normal blood controls, and QNS rates into your decision?

Please specify how your institution is allocating resources now or will be soon.

Would surgical margins, evidence of angiolymphatic spread, number of lymph nodes removed during surgery inform your decision? 

VIP can be considered, but given complex psychosocial issues and limited community cancer treatment resources, this question is being asked. 

NCCN guidelines state check at baseline and then as clinically indicated. Some other sources state, can check prior to each cycle of BEP?  What ...

Would you have reservations in treating patients with breast, GI, or pelvic malignancies with radiation alone or concurrent chemoradiation?

Should treatment be based on current histology (rhabdomyosarcoma) or origin (germ cell)?

There are conflicting reports of increased incidence of bleomycin-induced lung toxicity with G-CSF.

How do you assess risk of tumor lysis syndrome, and is hydration sufficient or should hypouricemic agents be used as well?

In a patient s/p orchiectomy and with pelvic lymphadenopathy, would you consider lymph node biopsy to confirm involvement by non-seminomatous germ cel...

Given the non-specific nature of AFP and its elevation in various benign conditions, is there an AFP cutoff level or change over time for which you wo...


Papers discussed in this category


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J Clin Oncol, 2021 Apr 06

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N. Engl. J. Med.,

The Journal of urology, 2018-12

N. Engl. J. Med.,

Lancet Oncol., 2014 Feb 18

NEJM Evidence, 2022 Jun 1

Br J Cancer, 2014 Apr 15

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Eur J Cancer, 2017 Nov 28

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J Clin Oncol, 2021 Apr 19

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Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2017-04-01