Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Gastrointestinal Cancers   

Questions discussed in this category


There was a recall on viscous lidocaine and many of our patients cannot find it. What would you recommend as alternatives?

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.

The patient already received PLADO+sorafenib, Y90, and Atezolizumab/Bevacizumab complicated by recurrent episodes of bleeding from esophageal varices....

Would you offer liver transplant in the setting of metastatic disease? 

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

How do you prevent early menopause in women? Please comment on freezing of eggs, oophopexy, supine vs prone position, vaginal dialator. 


Papers discussed in this category


AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 1996-02

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015-11-03

Oncologist, 2020 Mar 10

Semin Diagn Pathol, 2016 Dec 23

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2016-06

Pediatrics, 2014 Feb 02

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

Cancer, 2011-06-15

Eur J Cancer, 2017 Nov 28

N. Engl. J. Med., 2019 Sep 28

Lancet Oncol, 2021 Jan 18

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Apr 19

J Clin Oncol, 2003 Jul 01

JAMA, 2019 Apr 16

Head Neck, 2016 Mar 29

The Lancet. Oncology, 2017-05