Publications by authors named "Laura Urena-Horno"
Article Synopsis
- The EPICO-SEHOP platform in Spain collects COVID-19 data specifically from children, comparing those with cancer or recent stem cell transplants to those without underlying health issues.
- Findings show that children with cancer or who have undergone stem cell transplants generally experience milder COVID-19 symptoms (7.1%) compared to those without comorbidities (14.7%), unless they had a recent transplant (less than 300 days), where 35.7% faced severe illness.
- The shared data aims to inform treatment and isolation strategies, emphasizing the role of collaborative registries in addressing health crises during the pandemic.
Sarcomas characterized by gene alterations, are a distinct clinico-pathological group of high-grade tumors, that represent 5% of small round cell tumors without or fusion. Diverse genetic alterations characterize this group, including gene fusion being the most common alteration and less frequently internal tandem duplications (ITDs). We present a compelling case of a 3-year-old girl diagnosed with a high-grade nasoethmoidal sarcoma exhibiting -ITD.
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