Publications by authors named "B Lacour"
Childhood pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: A national experience.
Pediatr Blood Cancer
February 2025
Article Synopsis
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pNENs) are rare in children, with a study examining cases between 2011 and 2020 to understand their clinical presentation and behavior.
- The study analyzed 15 patients, mostly adolescents, and found that a significant number had cancer predisposition syndromes, with some diagnosed through screening.
- Results showed that patients with low-grade tumors had better survival rates, while those with high-grade or metastatic cancers faced poorer outcomes, highlighting the need for improved treatment strategies for severe cases.
Article Synopsis
- Choriocarcinoma in neonates and infants (N-CC) is a rare but aggressive cancer often linked with maternal disease, with a median patient age of 6 weeks.
- A study analyzing eight cases revealed that all tumors were diffuse, and most patients underwent a platinum-based treatment regimen, with some requiring surgery for residual tumors.
- Despite a poor overall outcome, including half of the patients dying from the disease, four patients achieved complete remission, highlighting the potential for successful treatment through multimodal therapy.
Validation of mobile phone use recall in the multinational MOBI-kids study.
Bioelectromagnetics
October 2024
Potential differential and non-differential recall error in mobile phone use (MPU) in the multinational MOBI-Kids case-control study were evaluated. We compared self-reported MPU with network operator billing record data up to 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years before the interview date from 702 subjects aged between 10 and 24 years in eight countries. Spearman rank correlations, Kappa coefficients and geometric mean ratios (GMRs) were used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Cancer is a leading cause of death among children worldwide. Treatments used for medically assisted reproduction (MAR) are suspected risk factors because of their potential for epigenetic disturbance and associated congenital malformations.
Objective: To assess the risk of cancer, overall and by cancer type, among children born after MAR compared with children conceived naturally.