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