Table of Contents - Issue 1
VOLUME 1 |
ISSUE 1 | FIRST QUARTER ISSUE | 2008
Editorial
:: Pages 1-2
Cancer Stem Cell Immunotherapy: the Right Bullet for the Right Target
Hazem Ghebeh,a Mohammad Mahmoud Bakr, Said Dermimeb
aTumor Immunology Group and bKing Faisal Cancer Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospial and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Original Research Report
:: Pages 3-13
Preliminary report on tumor stem cell/B cell hybridoma vaccine for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
Gustavo A. Moviglia,a,b Antonio G. Carrizo,a Gabriela Varela,a Carlos A. Gaeta,a,b Andrea Paes de Lima,a Pablo Farina,a Hugo Molinab
From the a Fundación Regina Mater, Buenos Aires, Argentina and the b CIITT from Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Original Research Report
:: Pages 14-21
Thyroid carcinoma in the United Arab Emirates: perspectives and experience of a tertiary care hospital
Nabil Al-Zaher,a Suhail Al-Salam,b Hassan El Teraific
aDepartment of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; bUniversity of the United Arab Emirates and cTawam Hospital, United Arab Emirates
Original Research Report
:: Pages 22-27
Morphologic, immunphenotypic and clinical discriminators between T-cell/histiocyte- rich large B-cell lymphoma and lymphocyte- predominant Hodgkin lymphoma
Walid A. Mourad,a Sheikha Al Thani,a Abdelghani Tbakhi,a Mohamed Al Omari,a Yasser Khafaga,b Mohamed Shoukri,c Amr El Weshi,b Mohamed Al Shabana,b Adnan Ezzatb
aDepartments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, bCancer Center and cBiostatistics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Original Research Report
:: Pages 28-33
A retrospectıve comparison of concurrent bolus 5-fluorouracil or raltitrexed in preoperative chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer
Adnan Yoney, Bulent Askaroglu, Tayfun Hancilar, Levent Isikli, Mustafa Unsal
Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Istanbul, Turkey
Original Research Report
:: Pages 34-37
Expression of CD66c and CD25 in acute lymphoblastic leukemia as a predictor of the presence of BCR/ABL rearrangement
Tarek M. Owaidah,a Faisal I. Rawas,a Mazen F. Al khayatt,a Nasser B. Elkumb
Departments of aPathology and Laboratory Medicine and bBiostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Original Research Report
:: Pages 38-43
Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials from two leading cancer journals using the CONSORT statement
Necdet Süt,a Mustafa Senocak,b Ömer Uysal,b Hilal Köksalanb
aDepartment of Biostatistics, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey and the bDepartment of Biostatistics, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Special Communication
:: Pages 44-52
Cancer Prevention and Control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: The Need for a Public Health Approach
Oussama Khatib,a Mahmoud Aljurfb
aWorld Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt and the bAdult HSCT, King Faisal Cancer Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Case Report
:: Pages 53-56
Middle-ear carcinoid tumor with distant metastasis and fatal outcome
Ayman Gaafar,a Cosme Ereño,a José Ignacio López,a Aitor Fernández de Larrinoa,a Javier Grande,b Julio Salazar,c Jerusalem Yarnoz,d Francisco José Bilbaoa
Departments of aPathology, bRadiology, cNeurosurgery and dOtolaryngology, Hospital de Basurto, Basque Country University (EHU/UPV), Bilbao, Spain
Case Report
:: Pages 57-61
Placental teratoma or fetus acardius amorphous?
Badr Ahmed A. Gaffar,a Hassan Y. Hotait,a Soraya F. Gamlouch,b Nadia J. Swalahab
aHistopathology Department, Dubai Hospital and the bObstetrics & Gynecology Department, Al- AlWasl Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Case Report
:: Pages 62-65
Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid gland: cytohistological findings of a case
José I. López,a Ayman Gaafar,b Maddi Garmendia,b Verónica Velasco,a Francisco J. Ortega,a Jose L. del Curac
aDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital de Cruces-Osakidetza and Basque Country University, Barakaldo, bService of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital de Basurto-Osakidetza, Bilbao and the cService of Radiology, Hospital de Basurto-Osakidetza and Basque Country University, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
Letter to the Editor
:: Pages 66-68
A patient with ascites, pleural effusion, abdominocervical lymphadenopathy, bilateral ovarian cystic lesions and elevated CA-125 mimicking advanced ovarian carcinoma
Abdul Majid Wani, Amer N. Khouja, Mugeena Akhtar
Department of Medicine, Hera General Hospital, Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Letter to the Editor
:: Pages 68-70
Cyclin D1 Positive Plasma Cell Myeloma
Hameed Aljawad,* Ali Mohammed Al-Za’abi,* Monalisa Sur†
*Department of Pathology, University Health Network, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and the †Department of Pathology, Henderson General Hospital, and Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada