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    Pediatric Blood & Cancer: Volume 65, Issue 3

    March 2018
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ISSUE INFORMATION

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Issue Information

  • First Published: 12 January 2018

HIGHLIGHTS

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How to solve the problem of hypersensitivity to asparaginase?

Ching-Hon Pui,  Yiwei Liu,  Mary V. Relling, 
  • First Published: 22 November 2017

“Let them eat strawberries”: Dietary restrictions for children with cancer

Bob Phillips, 
  • First Published: 19 October 2017

COMMENTARY

Who is responsible for delivering palliative care to children with cancer?

Abby R. Rosenberg,  Meaghann S. Weaver,  Lori Wiener, 
  • First Published: 14 November 2017

REVIEWS

Deep vein thrombosis in pediatric patients

Julie Jaffray,  Guy Young, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2017

Neurofibromatosis type 1 and optic pathway glioma: Molecular interplay and therapeutic insights

Soumen Khatua,  David H. Gutmann,  Roger J. Packer, 
  • First Published: 19 October 2017

HEMATOLOGY

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Inconsistency in classifying vascular anomalies: What's in a name?

Kristy S. Pahl,  Kyung Kim,  Casey Sams,  Hortensia Alvarez,  Scott V. Smith,  Julie Blatt, 
  • First Published: 08 October 2017

Acute chest syndrome among children hospitalized with vaso-occlusive crisis: A nationwide study in the United States

Takuto Takahashi,  Yusuke Okubo,  Atsuhiko Handa, 
  • First Published: 14 November 2017

BRIEF REPORT

Successful management of transfusion-dependent congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type 1b with interferon alfa-2a

Mathias Rathe,  Michael Boe Møller,  Pernille Wied Greisen,  Niels Fisker, 
  • First Published: 19 October 2017

ONCOLOGY

RESEARCH ARTICLES

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Outcome of pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma with hypersensitivity to pegaspargase treated with PEGylated Erwinia asparaginase, pegcrisantaspase: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

Rachel E. Rau,  ZoAnn Dreyer,  Mi Rim Choi,  Wei Liang,  Roman Skowronski,  Krishna P. Allamneni,  Meenakshi Devidas,  Elizabeth A. Raetz,  Peter C. Adamson,  Susan M. Blaney,  Mignon L. Loh,  Stephen P. Hunger, 
  • First Published: 01 November 2017

An investigation of toxicities and survival in Hispanic children and adolescents with ALL: Results from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ALL Consortium protocol 05-001

Justine M. Kahn,  Peter D. Cole,  Traci M. Blonquist,  Kristen Stevenson,  Zhezhen Jin,  Sergio Barrera,  Randy Davila,  Emily Roberts,  Donna S. Neuberg,  Uma H. Athale,  Luis A. Clavell,  Caroline Laverdiere,  Jean-Marie Leclerc,  Bruno Michon,  Marshall A. Schorin,  Jennifer J.G. Welch,  Stephen E. Sallan,  Lewis B. Silverman,  Kara M. Kelly, 
  • First Published: 01 November 2017

Elevated mitochondrial DNA copy numbers in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A potential biomarker for predicting inferior survival

Ayushi Jain,  Sameer Bakhshi,  Himani Thakkar,  Mike Gerards,  Archna Singh, 
  • First Published: 14 November 2017

Impact of radiation therapy and extent of resection for ependymoma in young children: A population-based study

C.A. Snider,  K. Yang,  S.C. Mack,  J.H. Suh,  S.T. Chao,  T.E. Merchant,  E.S. Murphy, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2017

Long-term results in children with head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the Italian Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee

Maria Carmen Affinita,  Andrea Ferrari,  Giuseppe Maria Milano,  Giovanni Scarzello,  Francesco De Leonardis,  Luca Coccoli,  Roberta Pericoli,  Eleonora Basso,  Ilaria Zanetti,  Angela Scagnellato,  Gianni Bisogno, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2017

Do pregnancy characteristics contribute to rising childhood cancer incidence rates in the United States?

Rebecca D. Kehm,  Theresa L. Osypuk,  Jenny N. Poynter,  David M. Vock,  Logan G. Spector, 
  • First Published: 21 November 2017

An initial health economic evaluation of pharmacogenomic testing in patients treated for childhood cancer with anthracyclines

Francois Dionne,  Folefac Aminkeng,  Amit P. Bhavsar,  Gabriella Groeneweg,  Anne Smith,  Henk Visscher,  Shahrad Rod Rassekh,  Colin Ross,  Bruce Carleton, 
  • First Published: 22 December 2017

Predictors of hepatotoxicity and pancreatitis in children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated according to contemporary regimens

Christopher C. Denton,  Yasmin A. Rawlins,  Matthew J. Oberley,  Deepa Bhojwani,  Etan Orgel, 
  • First Published: 08 December 2017

BRIEF REPORTS

Pilocytic astrocytoma with leptomeningeal spread in a patient with incontinentia pigmenti presenting with unilateral nystagmus

Cheryl B. Bayart,  Gisele E. Ishak,  Laura S. Finn,  Amy Lee,  Francine Baran,  Angela Sun,  Deepti Gupta,  Nicholas A. Vitanza, 
  • First Published: 24 November 2017

Response in a child with a BRAF V600E mutated desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma upon retreatment with vemurafenib

Cornelis M. van Tilburg,  Florian Selt,  Felix Sahm,  Heidi Bächli,  Stefan M. Pfister,  Olaf Witt,  Till Milde, 
  • First Published: 12 December 2017

EDUCATION

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Long-term evidence that a pediatric oncology mentorship program for young investigators is feasible and beneficial in the cooperative group setting: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

Adam J. Esbenshade,  Christopher R. Pierson,  Amanda L. Thompson,  Damon Reed,  Abha Gupta,  Adam Levy,  Lisa S. Kahalley,  Paul Harker-Murray,  Reuven Schore,  Jodi A. Muscal,  Leanne Embry,  Kelly Maloney,  Terzah Horton,  Patrick Zweidler-Mckay,  Girish Dhall, 
  • First Published: 28 November 2017

GLOBAL ONCOLOGY

RESEARCH ARTICLE

CYP3A5 genotype and its impact on vincristine pharmacokinetics and development of neuropathy in Kenyan children with cancer

Jodi L. Skiles,  ChienWei Chiang,  Claire H. Li,  Steve Martin,  Ellen L. Smith,  Gilbert Olbara,  David R. Jones,  Terry A. Vik,  Saskia Mostert,  Floor Abbink,  Gertjan J. Kaspers,  Lang Li,  Festus Njuguna,  Tammy J. Sajdyk,  Jamie L. Renbarger, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2017

PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SUPPORTIVE CARE

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Delivery of care consistent with the psychosocial standards in pediatric cancer: Current practices in the United States

Michele A. Scialla,  Kimberly S. Canter,  Fang Fang Chen,  E. Anders Kolb,  Eric Sandler,  Lori Wiener,  Anne E. Kazak, 
  • First Published: 28 October 2017

Safety of discharge for children with cancer and febrile neutropenia off antibiotics using absolute neutrophil count threshold values as a surrogate marker for adequate bone marrow recovery

Matthew E. Campbell,  Debra L. Friedman,  Daniel E. Dulek,  Zhiguo Zhao,  Yi Huang,  Adam J. Esbenshade, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2017
Open Access

“We just follow the patients’ lead”: Healthcare professional perspectives on the involvement of teenagers with cancer in decision making

Emma Day,  Louise Jones,  Richard Langner,  L Caroline Stirling,  Rachael Hough,  Myra Bluebond-Langner, 
  • First Published: 08 December 2017

BRIEF REPORT

Microbiological profile and nutritional quality of a regular diet compared to a neutropenic diet in a pediatric oncology unit

Juliana Elert Maia,  Luciane Beitler da Cruz,  Lauro José Gregianin, 
  • First Published: 27 September 2017

SURVIVORSHIP

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Audiological monitoring in Swiss childhood cancer patients

Annette Weiss,  Rahel Kuonen,  Hanna Brockmeier,  Michael Grotzer,  Claudia Candreia,  Raphael Maire,  Pascal Senn,  Christof Stieger,  Jochen Rosenfeld,  Dorothe Veraguth,  Martin Kompis,  Katrin Scheinemann,  Claudia E. Kuehni,  Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group (SPOG) , 
  • First Published: 12 December 2017

TRANSPLANTATION

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Infusion hemolysis after pediatric major ABO-mismatched bone marrow transplant: Comparison of two red blood cell depletion techniques

Robert Sheppard Nickel,  Muna Qayed,  Diana Worthington-White,  Sean R. Stowell,  Kuang-Yueh Chiang, 
  • First Published: 08 November 2017

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Moments of change

Haley M. Newman, 
  • First Published: 19 October 2017

Hearing impairment accompanied with low-tone tinnitus during all trans retinoic acid containing chemotherapy

Toshihiro Fujiki,  Ryosei Nishimura,  Yasuhiro Ikawa,  Kazuhiro Noguchi,  Shintaro Mase,  Rie Kuroda,  Raita Araki,  Hideaki Maeba,  Akihiro Yachie, 
  • First Published: 28 October 2017

Tumor predisposition syndromes: The challenge of de novo mutations

Paula Pérez-Albert,  Teresa de Rojas,  Laura Rey,  Ángela Hernández-Martín,  David Ruano,  Luis Madero, 
  • First Published: 14 November 2017