2013 May;35(4):308-10. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31828fccdf.

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Divisions of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, a high incidence of lymphoreticular tumors, and an increased sensitivity to chemoradiotherapy-induced DNA damage. The appropriate cancer therapy remains unknown because of high toxicity rates with full-dose conventional protocols. We present a patient with A-T and nephroblastoma, who received an adapted treatment regimen. To our knowledge this is the second report on nephroblastoma in a patient with A-T but the first with confirmed premortem studies. Although the patient tolerated the chemotherapy regimen well, the patient relapsed and died a year after initial diagnosis.

PMID:
 
23612382
 
DOI:
 
10.1097/MPH.0b013e31828fccdf
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