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    Medical and Pediatric Oncology: Volume 41, Issue 1

    1-102
    July 2003
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Overview

Role of surgery in children with rhabdomyosarcoma†

Erica L. Schalow MD,  Bruce H. Broecker MD, 
  • Pages: 1-6
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Compact Overview

Cancer in neonates and infants†

Helen Vasilatou-Kosmidis MD, 
  • Pages: 7-9
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Research Articles

PCR detection of clonal IgH and TCR gene rearrangements at the end of induction as a non-remission criterion in children with ALL: Comparison with standard morphologic analysis and risk group classification

Carlos Alberto Scrideli MD,  Rosane Gomes de Paula Queiroz PhD,  José Eduardo Bernardes MD,  Elvis Terci Valera MD,  Luiz Gonzaga Tone MD, 
  • Pages: 10-16
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Prolylhydroxylase and procollagen type III in long-term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): A biochemical approach to HCV-related liver disease

Salvatore Leonardi MD,  Milena La Spina MD,  Mario La Rosa MD,  Gino Schilirò MD, 
  • Pages: 17-20
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

C-reactive protein (CRP) as tumor marker in pediatric and adolescent patients with Hodgkin disease

Annemarie Wieland MD,  Reinhold Kerbl MD,  Andrea Berghold PhD,  Wolfgang Schwinger MD,  Georg Mann MD,  Christian Urban MD, 
  • Pages: 21-25
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Rapid LightCycler assay for identification of the Perforin codon 374 Trp → stop mutation in patients and families with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

Udo zur Stadt PhD,  Hartmut Kabisch MD,  Gritta Janka MD,  E. Marion Schneider PhD, 
  • Pages: 26-29
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

FISH analyses for alterations in chromosomes 1, 2, 3, and 11 define high-risk groups in neuroblastoma†

Ruediger Spitz PhD,  Barbara Hero MD,  Karen Ernestus MD,  Frank Berthold MD, 
  • Pages: 30-35
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Impact on survivors of retinoblastoma when informed of study results on risk of second cancers

Charlene J. Schulz MS,  Mary P. Riddle MA,  Heiddis B. Valdimirsdottir PhD,  David H. Abramson MD,  Charles A. Sklar MD, 
  • Pages: 36-43
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Fatal toxicity following radio- and chemotherapy of medulloblastoma in a child with unrecognized Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome

Luitpold Distel MD,  Susann Neubauer PhD,  Raymonda Varon PhD,  Wolfgang Holter MD, PhD,  Gerhard Grabenbauer MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 44-48
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Adult primary extragonadal germ cell tumors: Treatment results and long-term follow-up

Argon Andac MD,  Basaran Mert MD,  Bavbek Sevil MD,  Sakar Burak MD,  Onat Haluk MD, 
  • Pages: 49-53
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Topical Topic

Nutrition and cancer in children

Ronald D. Barr MB ChB, MD,  Guillermo J. Ruiz-Argüelles MD, 
  • Pages: 54-57
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Proceedings of the Tumor Board & Co-Editor's Note

Giant cell tumor of cervical spine in an adolescent

Mariana B. Michalowski MD,  Anne Pagnier-Clémence MD,  Jean Paul Chirossel MD,  Fréderique Nugues MD,  Hélène Kolodié MD,  Basile Pasquier MD,  Dominique Plantaz MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 58-62
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Commentary

Interferon-alpha therapy, protein kinase C-alpha and langerhans cell histiocytosis

Robert E. Brown MD, 
  • Pages: 63-64
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Committee Report

European training programme in paediatric haematology and oncology†

Jillian R. Mann FRCP,  on behalf of SIOP Europe and ESPHI , 
  • Pages: 65-66
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Ethical Issues

Reflections of an ethicist: Research ethics committees and the investigator—a healthy partnership?

S.M. Farnell PhD, 
  • Pages: 67-68
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Brief Reports

Trisomy 11 limited to trisomy 21 cells in a mosaic down syndrome child with acute myeloid leukemia

Hope H. Punnett PhD,  Carlton Dampier MD, 
  • Pages: 69-70
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

A homoharringtonine-based regimen for childhood acute myelogenous leukemia

JingYan Tang MD,  Huiliang Xue MD,  Ci Pan MD,  Jing Chen MD,  LongJun Gu MD,  HuiJun Zhao MD, 
  • Pages: 70-72
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Down syndrome: Possible predisposition to retinoblastoma

Bénédicte Brichard MD, PhD,  Christiane Vermylen MD, PhD,  Patrick De Potter MD, PhD,  Ingele Casteels MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 73-74
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (Frantz tumor) in children

Michela Casanova MD,  Paola Collini MD,  Andrea Ferrari MD,  Giovanni Cecchetto MD,  Patrizia Dall'Igna MD,  Vincenzo Mazzaferro MD, 
  • Pages: 74-76
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Long-term survival in osteosarcoma patients following retinoblastoma using doxorubicin, cisplatin, and methotrexate

Kimo C. Stine MD,  Robert L. Saylors MD,  Suzanne Saccente MD,  David L. Becton MD, 
  • Pages: 77-78
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Dramatic response of multiply relapsed hepatoblastoma to irinotecan (CPT-11)

Roger David Palmer BSc (Hons), MB, BChir, MRCP(UK), MRCPCH,  Denise Mary Williams MB, BCh, MRCPCH, FRCP, 
  • Pages: 78-80
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Tumor lysis syndrome, neuroblastoma, and correlation between serum lactate dehydrogenase levels and MYCN-amplification

Brian H. Kushner MD,  Michael P. LaQuaglia MD,  Shakeel Modak MD,  Nai-Kong V. Cheung MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 80-82
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

International Note

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia managed in tertiary care center in a developing country

Ibrahim A. Dabbous MD,  Hassan Dbouk MD,  Abla-Mehio Sibai PhD,  Lama Bahlawan MD, 
  • Pages: 83-84
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Misleading Leads

Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver simulating metastases following treatment for bilateral Wilms tumor

Winnie C.W. Chu FRCR,  Derek J. Roebuck FRCR, FRANZCR, 
  • Pages: 85-87
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Letters to the Editor

Cryptococcosis mimicking a pulmonary metastasis in a child with wilms tumor

Beatriz de Camargo MD, PhD,  Neviçolino Pereira de Carvalho Filho MD,  Clovis Antonio Lopes Pinto MD,  Isabela Werneck da Cunha MD,  M. Lucia de Pinho MD, 
  • Pages: 88-89
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Prospective evaluation in children of a new medical device intended to insure the correct administration of intrathecal antineoplastic agents

A. Lecomte PharmD,  Patrick Thomaré PharmD, PhD,  M. Courant PharmD,  A. Suarez MD,  F. Méchinaud MD, 
  • Pages: 89-90
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

A teenager with simultaneous Hodgkin Disease and thyroid carcinoma

Mara Albonei Dudeque Pianovski MD,  Luiz de Lacerda Filho MD, 
  • Pages: 91-92
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Coexistent neuroblastoma and histiocytosis?

Elzbieta Drozynska MD, PhD,  Anna Szolkiewicz MD,  Anna Balcerska MD, PhD,  Wacława Celinska MD, PhD,  Ewa Izycka-Swieszewska MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 92-93
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection related mortality during induction in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Adil A.H. Abbas MBBS, DCH (Ire), MRCPCH (UK),  Christopher J.H. Fryer FRCP,  Sami K. Felimban FACHARTZ,  Abdulmottaleb A. Yousef MS,  Najwa Y. Fayea CABP,  Olu Osoba FRCPath, 
  • Pages: 93-94
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

A lineage switch from AML to ALL with persistent translocation t(4;11) in congenital leukemia

Maryna Krawczuk-Rybak MD, PhD,  Janusz Żak MD, PhD,  Barbara Jaworowska MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 95-96
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Nephroblastomatosis update

Jean-Martin Laberge MD, FRCS(C), FACS, 
  • Pages: 96-97
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Successful management of a child with clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) and multifocal bone metastases at diagnosis

Lutz Hempel MD,  Axel Sauerbrey MD,  Felix Zintl MD,  Angela Weirich MD,  Andreas Lemmer MD,  Norbert Graf MD, 
  • Pages: 97-99
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Osteosarcoma in children under three years of age

Roberto Rivera-Luna MD,  Beatriz De Leon-Bojorge MD,  José Ruano-Aguilar MD,  Araceli Castellanos MD,  Claudia Vázquez MD, 
  • Pages: 99-100
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Correspondence

Transient encephalopathy following high-dose methotrexate

Anselm C.W. Lee MRCP,  C.H. Li MRCP,  Y.C. Wong FRCR, 
  • Page: 101
  • First Published: 16 May 2003

Revised SIOP working classification of renal tumors of childhood

Filippo Spreafico MD,  Monica Terenziani MD,  Franca Fossati-Bellani MD,  Paola Collini MD,  Luigi Piva,  Lorenza Gandola MD, 
  • Page: 102
  • First Published: 16 May 2003