title: Ifosfamide in the treatment of pediatric malignancies.
abstract: Neuroblastomas, nephroblastomas, malignant mesenchymal tumors, including rhabdomyosarcomas, Ewing's sarcomas, osteosarcomas, brain tumors, and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas respond to ifosfamide monotherapy. Ifosfamide has found an established place in the treatment of these pediatric malignancies. Ifosfamide has been shown to be an especially valuable agent in brain tumors in patients with a poor-prognosis medulloblastoma. The combination of ifosfamide with other cytotoxic drugs is more effective than ifosfamide medication alone. Ifosfamide has to be given with mesna to prevent bladder toxicity, but other toxic side effects, such as neurotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and gonadal damage, are more difficult to prevent. Ifosfamide has proven to be an important asset in the treatment of cancer in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Oncology, Emma Kinderziekenhuis, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Voûte
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Behrendt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Michiels
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Kraker
mesh_terms: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000188:drug therapy; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D007069:Ifosfamide