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    Pediatric Blood & Cancer: Volume 60, Issue 1

    1-169
    January 2013
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Highlights

Treatment of disease recurrence after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia: A great challenge still to be won

Franco Locatelli MD, PhD,  Barbarella Lucarelli MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1-2
  • First Published: 13 September 2012

A pediatric translational perspective on the entity “progressive transformation of germinal centers (PTGC)”

Rodney R. Miles MD, PhD,  Mitchell S. Cairo MD, 
  • Pages: 3-4
  • First Published: 13 September 2012

Clinical Practice Guidelines

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SIOP PODC: Clinical guidelines for the management of children with Wilms tumour in a low income setting†

Trijn Israels MD, PhD,  Claude Moreira MD, PhD,  Trish Scanlan MD, MRCP,  Liz Molyneux FRCPCH, FCEM,  Sam Kampondeni MD,  Peter Hesseling MD, PhD,  Hugo Heij MD, PhD,  Eric Borgstein MD, FRCS,  Gordan Vujanic MD, PhD,  Kathy Pritchard-Jones MD, PhD,  Larry Hadley FRCS, FCS, 
  • Pages: 5-11
  • First Published: 26 September 2012

Reviews

Peritoneal sarcomatosis in pediatric malignancies

Winston W. Huh MD,  Nancy E. Fitzgerald MD,  Anita Mahajan MD,  Andrea Hayes-Jordan MD, 
  • Pages: 12-17
  • First Published: 21 September 2012

Ethanol lock therapy in pediatric hematology and oncology†

Joshua Wolf MBBS, BA, FRACP,  Jerry L. Shenep MD,  Vanessa Clifford MBBS, MA, MPH,  Nigel Curtis MBBS, DCH, DTM&H, PhD, FRCPCH,  Patricia M. Flynn MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 18-25
  • First Published: 21 August 2012

Research Articles

Progressive transformation of germinal centers in children and adolescents: An intriguing cause of lymphadenopathy†

Furqan Shaikh MD,  Bo-Yee Ngan MD,  Sarah Alexander MD,  Ronald Grant MD, 
  • Pages: 26-30
  • First Published: 15 June 2012

Genetic variants modify susceptibility to leukemia in infants: A Children's Oncology Group report†

Julie A. Ross PhD,  Amy M. Linabery PhD,  Crystal N. Blommer BS,  Erica K. Langer BS,  Logan G. Spector PhD,  Joanne M. Hilden MD,  Nyla A. Heerema PhD,  Gretchen A. Radloff BS,  Richard L. Tower MD,  Stella M. Davies MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 31-34
  • First Published: 15 March 2012

BIRC5 expression is a poor prognostic marker in Ewing sarcoma†

Pooja Hingorani MD,  Paul Dickman MD,  Pamela Garcia-Filion PhD,  Andrea White-Collins CPNP,  Edward A. Kolb MD,  David O. Azorsa PhD, 
  • Pages: 35-40
  • First Published: 07 September 2012

Chemotherapy compliance in patients with osteosarcoma†

Jyoti Bajpai MD, DM,  Ajay Puri MS,  Kajal Shah MD,  Deepa Susan MD,  Nirmala Jambhekar MD,  Bharat Rekhi MD,  Saral Desai MD,  Ashish Gulia MS,  Sudeep Gupta DM, 
  • Pages: 41-44
  • First Published: 05 April 2012

CD133 marks a myogenically primitive subpopulation in rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines that are relatively chemoresistant but sensitive to mutant HSV†

Joseph G. Pressey MD,  Marilyn C. Haas BA,  Christine S. Pressey BS,  Virginia M. Kelly BS,  Jacqueline N. Parker PhD,  G. Yancey Gillespie PhD,  Gregory K. Friedman MD, 
  • Pages: 45-52
  • First Published: 09 March 2012
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Improved care of rhabdomyosarcoma in Jordan using less intensive therapy†

Usama Al-Jumaily MD,  Omar Ayyad RN,  Main Masarweh MD,  Khalil Ghandour MD,  Abdelatif Almousa MD,  Maysa Al-Hussaini MD,  Andrea Ferrari MD,  Iyad Sultan MD, 
  • Pages: 53-58
  • First Published: 28 June 2012

18-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) evaluation of nodular lesions in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 and plexiform neurofibromas (PN) or malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST)†

Holly Meany MD,  Eva Dombi MD,  James Reynolds MD,  Millie Whatley,  Ambereen Kurwa MPH,  Maria Tsokos MD,  Wanda Salzer MD,  Andrea Gillespie RN, MS,  Andrea Baldwin CRNP,  Joanne Derdak CRNP,  Brigitte Widemann MD, 
  • Pages: 59-64
  • First Published: 29 May 2012

Neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix in children and adolescents†‡

Nicole Boxberger MD,  Antje Redlich MD,  Christine Böger MD,  Ivo Leuschner MD, PhD,  Dietrich von Schweinitz MD, PhD,  Henning Dralle MD, PhD,  Peter Vorwerk MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 65-70
  • First Published: 08 August 2012

A feasibility and efficacy study of rapamycin and erlotinib for recurrent pediatric low-grade glioma (LGG)†

Michal Yalon MD,  Brian Rood MD,  Tobey J. MacDonald MD,  Geoff McCowage MD,  Rochelle Kane MS,  Shlomi Constantini MD,  Roger J. Packer MD, 
  • Pages: 71-76
  • First Published: 20 March 2012

Epidemiology of rhabdoid tumors of early childhood†

Julia E. Heck PhD, MPH,  Christina A. Lombardi MPH,  Myles Cockburn PhD,  Travis J. Meyers MPH,  Michelle Wilhelm PhD,  Beate Ritz PhD, MD, 
  • Pages: 77-81
  • First Published: 20 March 2012

Importance of voriconazole therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatric cancer patients with invasive aspergillosis†

Soo-Han Choi MD,  Soo-Youn Lee MD,  Ji-Young Hwang PhD,  Soo Hyun Lee MD,  Keon Hee Yoo MD,  Ki Woong Sung MD,  Hong Hoe Koo MD,  Yae-Jean Kim MD, 
  • Pages: 82-87
  • First Published: 08 August 2012

The use of palliative chemotherapy in pediatric oncology patients: A national survey of pediatric oncologists†‡

Tammy I. Kang MD, MSCE,  Kari Hexem MPH,  Russell Localio JD, PhD, MPH,  Richard Aplenc MD, MSCE,  Chris Feudtner MD, PhD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 88-94
  • First Published: 28 September 2012

Quality of life in childhood immune thrombocytopenia: International validation of the kids' ITP tools†‡

Robert J. Klaassen MD,  Victor Blanchette MD,  Tricia A. Burke BA,  Cindy Wakefield RN,  John D. Grainger MD,  Gerhard Gaedicke MD,  Arne Riedlinger MD,  Gustavo Dufort MD,  Estela Citrin MD,  Yves Reguerre MD,  Isabelle Pellier MD,  Christine Curtis Msc,  Nancy L. Young PhD, 
  • Pages: 95-100
  • First Published: 27 July 2012

Salvage therapy of refractory hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with alemtuzumab†‡

Rebecca A. Marsh MD,  Carl E. Allen MD, PhD,  Kenneth L. McClain MD, PhD,  Joanna L. Weinstein MD,  Julie Kanter MD,  Jodi Skiles MD,  Nadine D. Lee MD, PhD,  Shakila P. Khan MD,  Julia Lawrence RPh PharmD BCOP,  Jun Q. Mo MD,  Jack J. Bleesing MD, PhD,  Alexandra H. Filipovich MD,  Michael B. Jordan MD, 
  • Pages: 101-109
  • First Published: 22 April 2012

Differential effects of radiotherapy on growth and endocrine function among acute leukemia survivors: A childhood cancer survivor study report†

Eric J. Chow MD, MPH,  Wei Liu PhD,  Kumar Srivastava PhD,  Wendy M. Leisenring ScD,  Robert J. Hayashi MD,  Charles A. Sklar MD,  Marilyn Stovall PhD,  Leslie L. Robison PhD,  K. Scott Baker MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 110-115
  • First Published: 24 May 2012

Outcomes of immunological interventions for mixed chimerism following allogeneic stem cell transplantation in children with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia†

Jiro Inagaki MD,  Reiji Fukano MD,  Takuro Nishikawa MD,  Kentaro Nakashima MD,  Daisuke Sawa MD,  Nobuhiro Ito MD,  Jun Okamura MD, 
  • Pages: 116-120
  • First Published: 27 July 2012

Lower TGFß serum levels and higher frequency of IFNγ-producing T cells during early immune reconstitution in surviving children after allogeneic stem cell transplantation†

Verena Wiegering MD,  Beate Winkler MD,  Imme Haubitz PhD,  Matthias Wölfl MD,  Paul G. Schlegel MD,  Matthias Eyrich MD, 
  • Pages: 121-128
  • First Published: 23 May 2012

Semen analysis in adolescent cancer patients prior to bone marrow transplantation: When is it too late for fertility preservation?†

Leena Nahata MD,  Laurie E. Cohen MD,  Leslie E. Lehmann MD,  Richard N. Yu MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 129-132
  • First Published: 03 May 2012

Brief Reports

A novel mutation in the SerpinC1 gene presenting as unprovoked neonatal cerebral sinus venous thrombosis in a kindred†

Riten Kumar MD, Msc,  Mahendranath Moharir MD, Msc, FRACP,  Ivanna Yau MN, Np,  Suzan Williams MD, Msc, 
  • Pages: 133-136
  • First Published: 19 September 2012

Optic pathway glioma as part of a constitutional mismatch-repair deficiency syndrome in a patient meeting the criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1†

Jacky T. Yeung Bsc,  Ian F. Pollack MD,  Sapana Shah MD,  Ronald Jaffe MD,  Marina Nikiforova MD,  Regina I. Jakacki MD, 
  • Pages: 137-139
  • First Published: 27 July 2012

Surveillance following head, neck, and chest radiotherapy: Thyroid ultrasound monitoring for secondary thyroid malignancy†‡

Caitlin Kelly MD,  Linda Rivard RN,  Sharad Salvi MD,  Ammar Hayani MD,  William Hopkins MD,  Sarah O'Brien MD, MSc,  Laura Martin MD,  Jason Canner DO, 
  • Pages: 140-142
  • First Published: 07 September 2012

Extraneural ependymoma: Distant bone, lung, liver, and lymph node metastases following bevacizumab†

Cheryl Fischer CPNP,  Sofia S. Haque MD,  Jason T. Huse MD, PhD,  Elen Blochin MD,  Mark M. Souweidane MD,  Eric Lis MD,  Yasmin Khakoo MD, 
  • Pages: 143-145
  • First Published: 13 September 2012

Clinical, histologic, and genetic features of mesothelioma in a 7-Year-old child

Aaron Sugalski DO,  Mary Davis MD,  Latha Prasannan MD,  Victor Saldivar MD,  Jaclyn Y. Hung PhD,  Gail E. Tomlinson MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 146-148
  • First Published: 07 September 2012

Detection of respiratory viruses in asymptomatic children undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation†

Ashok Srinivasan MD,  Patricia Flynn MD,  Zhengming Gu PhD,  Christine Hartford MD,  Richard Lovins BSN,  Anusha Sunkara MS,  Deo K. Srivastava PhD,  Wing Leung MD, PhD,  Randall T. Hayden MD, 
  • Pages: 149-151
  • First Published: 14 September 2012

Trimming long-term tunneled central venous catheters in pediatric patients†

Alessandro Inserra MD, PhD,  Alessandro Crocoli MD,  Andrea Conforti MD,  Laura De Petris MD,  Alessandro Jenkner MD, 
  • Pages: 152-155
  • First Published: 19 September 2012

Cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous Australian children, 1997–2008

Patricia C. Valery MD, MPH, PhD,  Danny R. Youlden BSc,  Peter D. Baade PhD,  Leisa J. Ward,  Adele C. Green MSc, MBBS, PhD,  Joanne F. Aitken BSc, SM, PhD, 
  • Pages: 156-158
  • First Published: 26 September 2012

Letters to the Editor

Treatment abandonment is a major hurdle to improving survival in childhood cancer in the developing world

Mohammed Ramzan MD,  Satya Prakash Yadav DCH, DNB,  Anupam Sachdeva DCH, MD, 
  • Pages: 159-160
  • First Published: 26 September 2012

Parental smoking may confer negligible environmental, but significant lifestyle costs to childhood cancer survivors

Ursula M. Sansom-Daly BPsych (Hons),  Carmen L. Wilson BSC (Hons), PhD,  Lesley J. Ashton BA (Hons), MPH, PhD,  Claire E. Wakefield BPsych (Hons), MPH, PhD, AssocMAPS,  Karen Johnston RN, MN, Grad Cert Paed Onc,  Richard J. Cohn MB BCh (RAND), DCH (SA) FCP(SA), FRACP, 
  • Pages: 161-162
  • First Published: 23 May 2012

Isolated cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a premature baby: What is the optimal approach?

Heidrun Herbrüggen MD,  Karoly Lakatos MD,  Helmut Gadner MD, FRCP,  Milen Minkov MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 163-164
  • First Published: 26 September 2012

Nutritional status of adolescents with hematological malignancies, bone tumors, and other solid tumors during the first year after diagnosis

Roberta Dalle Molle BSc, MSc,  Luciane Beitler da Cruz BSc, MSc,  Lauro José Gregianin MD, PhD,  Algemir Lunardi Brunetto MD, PhD, 
  • Page: 165
  • First Published: 21 September 2012

Nutritional status of children and young adults with Ewing Sarcoma or osteosarcoma at diagnosis and during multimodality therapy

Retno D. Tenardi MD,  Michael C. Frühwald MD, PhD,  Heribert Jürgens MD,  Dorijn Hertroijs MSc,  Jacqueline Bauer MD, 
  • Page: 166
  • First Published: 19 September 2012

Further evidence for the co-occurrence of adverse health behaviors among childhood cancer survivors

Ursula M. Sansom-Daly BPsych (Hons),  Carmen L. Wilson BSc (Hons), PhD,  Lesley J. Ashton BA (Hons), MPH, PhD,  Claire E. Wakefield BPsych (Hons), MPH, PhD, AssocMAPS,  Karen Johnston RN, MN, Grad Cert Paed Onc,  Richard J. Cohn MB BCh (RAND), DCH (SA) FCP(SA), FRACP, 
  • Pages: 167-168
  • First Published: 19 September 2012

Errata

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Erratum: Essential erbB family phosphorylation in osteosarcoma as a target for CI-1033 inhibition

Dennis P.M. Hughes,  Dafydd G. Thomas,  Thomas J. Giordano,  Kevin T. McDonagh,  Laurence H. Baker, 
  • Page: 169
  • First Published: 19 November 2012