title: Acute pancreatitis as a complication of childhood cancer treatment.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is now well recognized as a possible complication of childhood cancer treatment, interrupting the chemotherapy regimen, and requiring prolonged hospitalization, possibly with intensive care and surgical intervention, thereby compromising the effect of chemotherapy and the remission of the underlying malignant disease. This review summarizes the current literature and presents the various etiological factors for AP during chemotherapy as well as modern trends in the diagnosis and therapy of AP in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatrics, Unit of Hemato-oncology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Milica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stefanović
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatrics, Unit of Hemato-oncology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Janez
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jazbec
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lindgren
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Center "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Milutin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bulajić
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Löhr
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
keywords: Acute pancreatitis; L-asparaginase; childhood cancer; diagnosis; management