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    Pediatric Blood & Cancer: Volume 58, Issue 4

    483-655
    April 2012
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Highlights

Meta-analyzing the link between MTHFR C677T genotype and susceptibility to childhood ALL

Rakesh K. Goyal,  James D. Cooper MD, 
  • Pages: 483-484
  • First Published: 16 December 2011

The long road to the cure of sickle cell anemia: Reflections on race and medicine in America

Abena Appiah-Kubi MD,  Jeffrey M. Lipton MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 485-486
  • First Published: 19 December 2011

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG): Time to biopsy again?

Tobey J. MacDonald MD, 
  • Pages: 487-488
  • First Published: 13 February 2012

Priority Reports

Critical oncogenic mutations in newly diagnosed pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

Jacques Grill MD, PhD,  Stephanie Puget MD, PhD,  Felipe Andreiuolo MD,  Cathy Philippe,  Laura MacConaill PhD,  Mark W. Kieran MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 489-491
  • First Published: 20 December 2011

Reviews

Pediatric oncology research in low income countries: Ethical concepts and challenges

Avram E. Denburg MD, Msc,  Steven Joffe MD, MPH,  Sumit Gupta MD,  Scott C. Howard MD, MS,  Raul C. Ribeiro MD,  Federico A. Antillon MD, PhD,  Roberto Vasquez MD,  Lillian Sung MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 492-497
  • First Published: 06 December 2011

Safety of central venous catheter placement at diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children

G. Gonzalez MD,  A.M. Davidoff MD,  S.C. Howard MD,  C-H. Pui MD,  B.N. Rao MD,  J. L. Shenep MD,  A. Wozniak MS,  S.J. Shochat MD, 
  • Pages: 498-502
  • First Published: 11 December 2011

Systematic review of psychosocial morbidities among bereaved parents of children with cancer

Abby R. Rosenberg MD,  K. Scott Baker MD, MS,  Karen Syrjala PhD,  Joanne Wolfe MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 503-512
  • First Published: 28 October 2011

Research Articles

A meta-analysis of MTHFR C677T and A1298C polymorphisms and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children†

Jingrong Yan MD,  Ming Yin MD,  ZoAnn E. Dreyer MD,  Michael E. Scheurer PhD,  Kala Kamdar MD,  Qingyi Wei MD, PhD,  M. Fatih Okcu MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 513-518
  • First Published: 14 April 2011

Superior outcome of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia patients with orbital and CNS myeloid sarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group†‡

Donna L. Johnston MD,  Todd A. Alonzo PhD,  Robert B. Gerbing MSc,  Beverly J. Lange MD,  William G. Woods MD, 
  • Pages: 519-524
  • First Published: 25 May 2011

Genetic and epigenetic similarities and differences between childhood and adult AML†‡§

Caroline Juhl-Christensen MD, PhD,  Hans Beier Ommen MD, PhD,  Anni Aggerholm MSc, PhD,  Birgitte Lausen MD, PhD,  Eigil Kjeldsen MD,  Henrik Hasle MD, PhD,  Peter Hokland MD, DMedSci, 
  • Pages: 525-531
  • First Published: 21 November 2011

Activated growth signaling pathway expression in Ewing sarcoma and clinical outcome†

Jaume Mora MD, PhD,  Eva Rodríguez FRC Path,  Carmen de Torres MD, PhD,  Teresa Cardesa MD,  José Ríos MSc,  Teresa Hernández FRC Path,  Antonio Cardesa MD, PhD,  Enrique de Alava MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 532-538
  • First Published: 12 October 2011

Sorafenib and cisplatin/doxorubicin (PLADO) in pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma†‡

Irene Schmid MD,  Beate Häberle MD,  Michael H. Albert MD,  Selim Corbacioglu MD,  Birgit Fröhlich MD,  Norbert Graf MD,  Birgit Kammer MD,  Udo Kontny MD,  Ivo Leuschner MD,  Hans-Gerhard Scheel-Walter MD,  Wolfram Scheurlen MD,  Sebastian Werner MD,  Thomas Wiesel MD,  Dietrich von Schweinitz MD, 
  • Pages: 539-544
  • First Published: 15 September 2011

Retinoblastoma in Central America: Report from the Central American Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (AHOPCA)†

Sandra Luna-Fineman MD,  Margarita Barnoya MD,  Miguel Bonilla MD,  Ligia Fu MD,  Fulgencio Baez MD,  Carlos Rodríguez-Galindo MD, 
  • Pages: 545-550
  • First Published: 09 September 2011

Evaluation of diagnostic performance of CT for detection of tumor thrombus in children with Wilms tumor: A report from the Children's Oncology Group†

Geetika Khanna MD, MS,  Nancy Rosen MD,  James R. Anderson PhD,  Peter F. Ehrlich MD,  Jeffrey S. Dome MD, PhD,  Kenneth W. Gow MD,  Elizabeth Perlman MD,  Douglas Barnhart MD,  Kathryn Karolczuk,  Paul Grundy MD, 
  • Pages: 551-555
  • First Published: 14 June 2011
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Favorable outcome with conservative treatment for children with low grade brainstem tumors†

Iris Fried MD,  Cynthia Hawkins MD, PhD,  Katrin Scheinemann MD,  Elena Tsangaris BSc,  Leila Hesselson BSc,  Ute Bartels MD,  Annie Huang MD, PhD,  Normand Laperriere MD,  Peter Dirks MD, PhD,  Eric Bouffet MD,  Uri Tabori MD, 
  • Pages: 556-560
  • First Published: 25 May 2011
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Diagnostic delay in pediatric solid tumors: A population based study on determinants and impact on outcomes†

Amos Hong Pheng Loh MBBS, FAMS,  LeLe Aung MD,  Christina Ha BSci,  Ah-Moy Tan MBBS, FAMS,  Thuan Chong Quah MBBS, FAMS,  Chan-Hon Chui MBBS, FAMS, 
  • Pages: 561-565
  • First Published: 02 November 2011

Combination testing of cediranib (AZD2171) against childhood cancer models by the pediatric preclinical testing program†

Christopher L. Morton BS,  John M. Maris MD,  Stephen T. Keir PhD,  Richard Gorlick MD,  E. Anders Kolb MD,  Catherine A. Billups MS,  Jianrong Wu PhD,  Malcolm A. Smith MD, PhD,  Peter J. Houghton PhD, 
  • Pages: 566-571
  • First Published: 29 April 2011

Communication and language challenges experienced by Chinese and South Asian immigrant parents of children with cancer in Canada: Implications for health services delivery†‡

Sonia Gulati PhD,  Lisa Watt MSW,  Nicola Shaw PhD,  Lillian Sung MD,  Iraj M. Poureslami PhD,  Robert Klaassen MD,  David Dix MD,  Anne F. Klassen DPhil, 
  • Pages: 572-578
  • First Published: 02 March 2011

Comparison of piperacillin tazobactam and cefoperazone sulbactam monotherapy in treatment of febrile neutropenia†

Serap Karaman MD,  Sema Vural MD,  Yildiz Yildirmak MD,  Merve Emecen MD,  Ela Erdem MD,  Rejin Kebudi MD, 
  • Pages: 579-583
  • First Published: 14 June 2011

High resource hospitalizations among children with vaso-occlusive crises in sickle cell disease†

Jean L. Raphael MD, MPH,  Minghua Mei PhD,  Brigitta U. Mueller MD, MHCM,  Thomas Giordano MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 584-590
  • First Published: 16 May 2011

Congenital pancytopenia and absence of B lymphocytes in a neonate with a mutation in the ikaros gene†

Frederick D. Goldman MD,  Zafer Gurel PhD,  Duha Al-Zubeidi MD,  Ari J. Fried MD,  Michael Icardi MD,  Chunhua Song MD, PhD,  Sinisa Dovat MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 591-597
  • First Published: 05 May 2011

A novel Dutch mutation in UNC13D reveals an essential role of the C2B domain in munc13-4 function†

Edo D. Elstak PhD,  Maroeska te Loo MD, PhD,  Kiki Tesselaar PhD,  Peter van Kerkhof PhD,  Jan Loeffen MD, PhD,  Dimitris Grivas,  Eric Hennekam MSc,  Jaap Jan Boelens MD, PhD,  Peter M. Hoogerbrugge MD, PhD,  Peter van der Sluijs PhD,  Marielle E. van Gijn PhD,  Lisette van de Corput PhD, 
  • Pages: 598-605
  • First Published: 13 July 2011

Long-term outcome of hypothalamic pituitary tumors in Langerhans cell histiocytosis†

Bernhard Fahrner MD,  Helmut Prosch MD,  Milen Minkov MD, PhD,  Martha Krischmann MD,  Helmut Gadner MD, PhD,  Daniela Prayer MD, PhD,  Nicole Grois MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 606-610
  • First Published: 19 December 2011

Bone marrow transplant options and preferences in a sickle cell anemia cohort on chronic transfusions†

Eileen N. Hansbury PA-C,  William H. Schultz MHS, PA-C,  Russell E. Ware MD, PhD,  Banu Aygun MD, 
  • Pages: 611-615
  • First Published: 16 August 2011

Incidence, risk factors, and outcome of pneumatosis intestinalis in pediatric stem cell transplant recipients†

Katrina Korhonen BA,  Harold N. Lovvorn III MD,  Tatsuki Koyama PhD,  Elizabeth Koehler MS,  Cassie Calder ACNP,  Becky Manes MSN,  Misty Evans RN,  Kathryn Bruce PharmD,  Richard H. Ho MD,  Jennifer Domm MD,  Haydar Frangoul MD, 
  • Pages: 616-620
  • First Published: 30 June 2011

Family information needs at childhood cancer treatment completion†

Claire E. Wakefield PhD,  Phyllis Butow PhD,  Catharine A.K. Fleming BA, Hons,  Gunar Daniel,  Richard J. Cohn M.B.B.Ch, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 621-626
  • First Published: 09 September 2011

Brief Reports

Leukapheresis in children weighing less than 20 kg†

Harald Sauer MD,  Haase Roland MD,  Lieser Ulla MD,  Diwan Ortrud ScD,  Föll Jürgen MD, 
  • Pages: 627-629
  • First Published: 19 December 2011

Oral arsenic trioxide for relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia in pediatric patients†

Wing Y. Au MD,  Chi-Kong Li MD,  Vincent Lee MD,  Hui Leung Yuen MD,  Jeffrey Yau MD,  Godfrey C.F. Chan MD,  Shau-yin Ha MD,  Yok-lam Kwong MD, 
  • Pages: 630-632
  • First Published: 02 September 2011

Myelosuppression and infectious complications in children with down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia†

Karen R. Rabin MD, PhD,  Justin Smith MD,  Claudia A. Kozinetz PhD, 
  • Pages: 633-635
  • First Published: 21 November 2011

Initial testing (stage 1) of LCL161, a SMAC mimetic, by the pediatric preclinical testing program†

Peter J. Houghton PhD,  Min H. Kang PharmD,  C. Patrick Reynolds MD, PhD,  Christopher L. Morton BS,  E. Anders Kolb MD,  Richard Gorlick MD,  Stephen T. Keir PhD,  Hernan Carol PhD,  Richard Lock PhD,  John M. Maris MD,  Catherine A. Billups MS,  Malcolm A. Smith MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 636-639
  • First Published: 16 June 2011

A novel mutation Gly603Arg of TMPRSS6 in a Korean female with iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia†‡

Hyoung Soo Choi MD, PhD,  Hye Ran Yang MD, PhD,  Sang Hoon Song MD, PhD,  Ja-Young Seo MD,  Ki-O Lee BS,  Hee-Jin Kim MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 640-642
  • First Published: 25 May 2011

Letters to the Editor

Development and initial validation of a questionnaire to diagnose the presence and severity of post-thrombotic syndrome in childre

Riten Kumar MD,  Vilmarie Rodriguez MD,  Jane M.S. Matsumoto MD,  Shakila P. Khan MD,  Amy L. Weaver,  Robert D. McBane MD,  John A. Heit MD, 
  • Pages: 643-644
  • First Published: 20 December 2011

Neuroblastoma obeys “The law of small numbers”

Vikramjit S. Kanwar MRCP, MBA,  Mary Abraham BS, MBA, 
  • Page: 645
  • First Published: 06 December 2011

Health migration and care disparities

Luisa M. Massimo MD,  Daniela Caprino MD, 
  • Page: 646
  • First Published: 20 December 2011

Myelofibrosis associated with rickets in a child with down syndrome†

Canan Albayrak MD,  Davut Albayrak MD,  Ayşe Ayzıt Kılınç MD,  Cengiz Kara MD, 
  • Pages: 647-648
  • First Published: 12 September 2011

Meeting Reports

Neuroblastoma progress on many fronts: The neuroblastoma research symposium

Luke Wylie BA, BS,  Anna Philpott BA, PhD, 
  • Pages: 649-651
  • First Published: 15 September 2011

Errata

Free Access

Initial testing of the replication competent Seneca Valley virus (NTX-010) by the pediatric preclinical testing program

Christopher L. Morton BS,  Peter J. Houghton PhD,  E. Anders Kolb MD,  Richard Gorlick MD,  C. Patrick Reynolds MD, PhD,  Min H. Kang PharmD,  John M. Maris MD,  Stephen T. Keir PhD,  Jianrong Wu PhD,  Malcolm A. Smith MD, PhD, 
  • Page: 652
  • First Published: 13 February 2012

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Prospective evaluation of high-cost management of severe chronic ITP in children and adolescents <16 years

M.S. El Alfy MD,  A.S. Khalifa MD, 
  • Page: 653
  • First Published: 13 February 2012

Free Access

Good prognosis of localized osteosarcoma in young patients treated with limb-salvage surgery and chemotherapy

Marta Hegyi MD,  Agnes F. Semsei MSc,  Zsuzsanna Jakab MD, PhD,  Imre Antal MD, PhD,  Janos Kiss MD, PhD,  Miklos Szendroi MD, PhD,  Monika Csoka MD, PhD,  Gabor Kovacs MD, PhD, 
  • Page: 654
  • First Published: 13 February 2012

Free Access

Intravenous iron sucrose for children with iron deficiency failing to respond to oral iron therapy

Shelley E. Crary MD, MSCS,  Katherine Hall BS,  George R. Buchanan MD, 
  • Page: 655
  • First Published: 13 February 2012