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    Pediatric Blood & Cancer: Volume 64, Issue 7

    July 2017
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ISSUE INFORMATION

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  • First Published: 24 May 2017

HIGHLIGHT

European migration crises: The role of national hemoglobinopathy registries in improving patient access to care

Baba P. D. Inusa,  Raffaella Colombatti, 
  • First Published: 30 March 2017

REVIEWS

The effect of maternal and infant factors on cord blood yield

Seyed Hadi Mousavi,  Saeid Abroun,  Morteza Zarrabi,  Mona Ahmadipanah, 
  • First Published: 01 December 2016

Congenital mesoblastic nephroma 50 years after its recognition: A narrative review

S. L. Gooskens,  M. E. Houwing,  G. M. Vujanic,  J. S. Dome,  T. Diertens,  A. Coulomb-l'Herminé,  J. Godzinski,  K. Pritchard-Jones,  N. Graf,  M. M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink, 
  • First Published: 26 January 2017

SPECIAL REPORTS

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Using decision modeling to guide drug allocation during a shortage

Heidi V. Russell,  M. Brooke Bernhardt,  Stacey Berg, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2016

Staging Evaluation and Response Criteria Harmonization (SEARCH) for Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma (CAYAHL): Methodology statement

Jamie E. Flerlage,  Kara M. Kelly,  Auke Beishuizen,  Steve Cho,  Pedro A. De Alarcon,  Ute Dieckmann,  Richard A. Drachtman,  Bradford S. Hoppe,  Scott C. Howard,  Sue C. Kaste,  Regine Kluge,  Lars Kurch,  Judith Landman-Parker,  Jocelyn Lewis,  Michael P. Link,  Kathleen McCarten,  Angela Punnett,  Dietrich Stoevesandt,  Stephan D. Voss,  William Hamish Wallace,  Christine Mauz-Körholz,  Monika L. Metzger, 
  • First Published: 18 January 2017

Well-directed inclusion of hematology in African national cancer control plans

Meaghann Weaver,  Atteby J. J. Yao,  Lorna Renner,  Mhamed Harif,  Catherine G. Lam, 
  • First Published: 24 February 2017

ONCOLOGY

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Genomic characterization of pediatric B-lymphoblastic lymphoma and B-lymphoblastic leukemia using formalin-fixed tissues

Julia A. Meyer,  Delu Zhou,  Clinton C. Mason,  Jonathan M. Downie,  Vladimir Rodic,  Minnie Abromowitch,  Birte Wistinghausen,  Amanda M. Termuhlen,  Anne L. Angiolillo,  Sherrie L. Perkins,  Mark A. Lones,  Phillip Barnette,  Joshua D. Schiffman,  Rodney R. Miles, 
  • First Published: 13 December 2016

Impact of fusion gene status versus histology on risk-stratification for rhabdomyosarcoma: Retrospective analyses of patients on UK trials

Joanna Selfe,  David Olmos,  Reem Al-Saadi,  Khin Thway,  Julia Chisholm,  Anna Kelsey,  Janet Shipley, 
  • First Published: 30 December 2016

Systemic neoadjuvant chemotherapy for Group B intraocular retinoblastoma (ARET0331): A report from the Children's Oncology Group

Debra L. Friedman,  Mark Krailo,  Doojduen Villaluna,  Dan Gombos,  Bryan Langholz,  Rima Jubran,  Carol Shields,  Linn Murphree,  Joan O'Brien,  Sandra Kessel,  Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo,  Murali Chintagumpala,  Anna T. Meadows, 
  • First Published: 26 December 2016

Delayed elimination of high-dose methotrexate and use of carboxypeptidase G2 in pediatric patients during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Thommy Svahn,  Karin Mellgren,  Arja Harila-Saari,  Ann Åsberg,  Jukka Kanerva,  Ólafur Jónsson,  Goda Vaitkeviciene,  Torben Stamm Mikkelssen,  Kjeld Schmiegelow,  Jesper Heldrup, 
  • First Published: 14 December 2016

Overexpression of TEAD4 in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor: New insight to the pathophysiology of an aggressive brain tumor

Mario Suzuki,  Akihide Kondo,  Ikuko Ogino,  Hajime Arai,  Tadanori Tomita,  Simone Treiger Sredni, 
  • First Published: 14 December 2016

A thymidylate synthase polymorphism is associated with increased risk for bone toxicity among children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Yaron Finkelstein,  Traci M. Blonquist,  Veena Vijayanathan,  Kristen E. Stevenson,  Donna S. Neuberg,  Lewis B. Silverman,  Lynda M. Vrooman,  Stephen E. Sallan,  Peter D. Cole, 
  • First Published: 13 December 2016

A phase I study of perifosine with temsirolimus for recurrent pediatric solid tumors

Oren J. Becher,  Stephen W. Gilheeney,  Yasmin Khakoo,  David C. Lyden,  Sofia Haque,  Kevin C. De Braganca,  Jill M. Kolesar,  Jason T. Huse,  Shakeel Modak,  Leonard H. Wexler,  Kim Kramer,  Ivan Spasojevic,  Ira J. Dunkel, 
  • First Published: 30 December 2016

Outcome of patients with intracranial relapse enrolled on national Wilms Tumor Study Group clinical trials

Rajkumar Venkatramani,  Yueh-Yun Chi,  Max J. Coppes,  Marcio Malogolowkin,  John A. Kalapurakal,  Jing Tian,  Jeffrey S. Dome, 
  • First Published: 18 January 2017

Drug–drug interactions in pediatric oncology patients

T. E. Balk,  I. H. van der Sijs,  T. van Gelder,  J. J. B. Janssen,  I. M. van der Sluis,  R. W. F. van Leeuwen,  F. K. Engels, 
  • First Published: 16 February 2017

BRIEF REPORTS

Liposomal doxorubicin: Effective treatment for pediatric desmoid fibromatosis

Prasanna Ananth,  Annette Werger,  Stephan Voss,  Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo,  Katherine A. Janeway, 
  • First Published: 01 December 2016

Successful treatment of mature B-cell lymphoma with rituximab-based chemotherapy in a patient with Bloom syndrome

Wasil Jastaniah, 
  • First Published: 14 December 2016

Platinum plus bortezomib for the treatment of pediatric renal medullary carcinoma: Two cases

Marcus A. Carden,  Stephen Smith,  Holly Meany,  Hong Yin,  Adina Alazraki,  Louis B. Rapkin, 
  • First Published: 04 January 2017

Transient juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia in the setting of PTPN11 mutation and Noonan syndrome with secondary development of monosomy 7

Katrina O'Halloran,  A. Kim Ritchey,  Miroslav Djokic,  Erika Friehling, 
  • First Published: 13 January 2017

Osteonecrosis is unrelated to hip anatomy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Mary V. Portera,  Seth E. Karol,  Colton Smith,  Wenjian Yang,  Cheng Cheng,  Michael D. Neel,  Ching-Hon Pui,  Mary V. Relling,  Sue C. Kaste, 
  • First Published: 30 December 2016

HEMATOLOGY

RESEARCH ARTICLES

National registry of hemoglobinopathies in Spain (REPHem)

Elena Cela,  José M. Bellón,  María de la Cruz,  Cristina Beléndez,  Rubén Berrueco,  Anna Ruiz,  Izaskun Elorza,  Cristina Díaz de Heredia,  Aurea Cervera,  Griselda Vallés,  J. Antonio Salinas,  M. Teresa Coll,  Mar Bermúdez,  Marta Prudencio,  Bienvenida Argilés,  Cruz Vecilla,  on behalf of the SEHOP-Hemoglobinopathies Study Group (Sociedad Española de Hematología y Oncología Pediátricas) , 
  • First Published: 02 November 2016

The epidemiology of sickle cell disease in Germany following recent large-scale immigration

Joachim B. Kunz,  Holger Cario,  Regine Grosse,  Andrea Jarisch,  Stephan Lobitz,  Andreas E. Kulozik, 
  • First Published: 06 April 2017

Childhood immune thrombocytopenia: A nationwide cohort study on condition management and outcomes

Lamiae Grimaldi-Bensouda,  Clémentine Nordon,  Thierry Leblanc,  Lucien Abenhaim,  Slimane Allali,  Corinne Armari-Alla,  Claire Berger,  Mary-France Courcoux,  Fanny Fouyssac,  Cécile Guillaumat,  Corinne Guitton,  Philippe Le Moine,  Françoise Mazingue,  Corinne Pondarré,  Caroline Thomas,  Marlène Pasquet,  Yves Perel,  Guy Leverger,  Nathalie Aladjidi, 
  • First Published: 01 December 2016

The clinical presentation and genotype of protein C deficiency with double mutations of the protein C gene

Hirofumi Inoue,  Shin-ichi Terachi,  Takeshi Uchiumi,  Tetsuji Sato,  Michiyo Urata,  Masataka Ishimura,  Yui Koga,  Taeko Hotta,  Toshiro Hara,  Dongchon Kang,  Shouichi Ohga, 
  • First Published: 23 January 2017

BRIEF REPORTS

Prolonged neutropenia due to antihuman neutrophil antigen 2 (CD177) antibody after bone marrow transplantation

Taizo Wada,  Satoshi Miyamoto,  Hiroyuki Okamoto,  Yusuke Matsuda,  Tomoko Toma,  Kohsuke Imai,  Masatoshi Takagi,  Tomohiro Morio,  Akihiro Yachie, 
  • First Published: 01 December 2016

Secondary benefit of maintaining normal transcranial Doppler velocities when using hydroxyurea for prevention of severe sickle cell anemia

Djamila Labib Ghafuri,  Shruti Chaturvedi,  Mark Rodeghier,  Sarah-Jo Stimpson,  Brandi McClain,  Jeannie Byrd,  Michael R. DeBaun, 
  • First Published: 30 December 2016

GLOBAL HEALTH

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Nutritional status of children with Wilms’ tumour on admission to a South African hospital and its influence on outcome

Lauren F. Lifson,  G. P. Hadley,  Nicola L. Wiles,  Kirthee Pillay, 
  • First Published: 27 December 2016
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Real-world outcomes of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia during adolescence in a financially restricted environment: Results at a single center in Latin America

José C. Jaime-Pérez,  Raúl A. Jiménez-Castillo,  Mónica A. Pinzón-Uresti,  Olga G. Cantú-Rodríguez,  José L. Herrera-Garza,  Luis J. Marfil-Rivera,  David Gómez-Almaguer, 
  • First Published: 13 December 2016

PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SUPPORTIVE CARE

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Evaluation of the need for chest X-rays in the management of asymptomatic, intraluminal vascular access device occlusion in childhood cancer

David Stammers,  Bairbre Connolly,  Leonardo R. Brandão,  Sue Zupanec,  Sumit Gupta, 
  • First Published: 13 December 2016

Antibiotic use during infectious episodes in the first 6 months of anticancer treatment—A Swedish cohort study of children aged 7–16 years

M. af Sandeberg,  E. Johansson,  L. Wettergren,  O. Björk,  O. Hertting,  A. Nilsson, 
  • First Published: 11 January 2017

Predictors of acupuncture use among children and adolescents with cancer

Sagar K. Chokshi,  Elena J. Ladas,  Katherine Taromina,  Douglas McDaniel,  Diane Rooney,  Zhezhen Jin,  Wei-Chun Hsu,  Kara M. Kelly, 
  • First Published: 08 February 2017

BRIEF REPORT

A survey of pediatric hematology/oncology specialists regarding management of central line associated venous thrombosis

Char M. Witmer,  Emily Sauck,  Leslie J. Raffini, 
  • First Published: 01 December 2016

SURVIVORSHIP

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Prevalence of cardiovascular late sequelae in long-term survivors of childhood cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Peter Scholz-Kreisel,  Claudia Spix,  Maria Blettner,  Susan Eckerle,  Jörg Faber,  Philipp Wild,  Hiltrud Merzenich,  Ulrike Hennewig, 
  • First Published: 16 February 2017

TRANSPLANTATION

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Awareness of cord blood collection and the impact on banking

Rusha Bhandari,  Amy Lindley,  Deepika Bhatla,  Aleksandar Babic,  Kathy Mueckl,  Rakesh Rao,  Paula Brooks,  Vicki Geiler,  Gilad Gross,  Mohamad Al-Hosni,  Shalini Shenoy, 
  • First Published: 23 January 2017

The role of immunoglobulin prophylaxis for prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients

Gal Goldstein,  Tal Frenkel Rutenberg,  Sarina Levy Mendelovich,  Daphna Hutt,  Michal Teperberg Oikawa,  Amos Toren,  Bella Bielorai, 
  • First Published: 14 January 2017

BRIEF REPORT

Temporary resolution of insulin requirement in acquired partial lipodystrophy associated with chronic graft-versus-host disease

Leslie Kimura,  Griselda Alvarez,  Ning Li,  Anna Pawlikowska-Haddal,  Theodore B. Moore,  Jacqueline Casillas,  Kuk-Wha Lee, 
  • First Published: 29 March 2017

ON CHILDREN, BLOOD, AND CANCER

On paranoid parents

Pan Pantziarka, 
  • First Published: 13 January 2017

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A case of advanced infantile myofibromatosis harboring a novel MYH10-RET fusion

Mark Rosenzweig,  Siraj M. Ali,  Victor Wong,  Alexa B. Schrock,  Theodore W. Laetsch,  William Ahrens,  Andreas Heilmann,  Samantha Morley,  Yakov Chudnovsky,  Rachel L. Erlich,  Kai Wang,  Philip J. Stephens,  Jeffrey S. Ross,  Vincent A. Miller,  Javier Oesterheld, 
  • First Published: 28 December 2016

Lymphoblasts with Auer rod – like inclusions in a case of paediatric B lymphoblastic leukemia

Anurag Gupta,  G. Krishna Reddy,  Nagaraju Nalla,  Manu Goyal, 
  • First Published: 01 December 2016

Primary intracranial choriocarcinoma in a very youngest child

Sirisha Rani Siddiahgari,  Shirali Agarwal,  Kiran Kumar Reddy V,  Subodh Raju,  Erukkambattu Jayashankar,  Vinitha Reddy Palwai, 
  • First Published: 18 January 2017

ERRATUM

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Erratum: Correction to Plenary Platform Session #4001 in the 2016 ASPHO Abstracts

  • First Published: 24 May 2017