Original Research Report
:: Pages 73-39
Inhibition of Akt pathway phosphorylation as a mechanism in the pathogenesis of functional intestinal obstruction in carcinomatosis peritonei
Donald Poon,a Hoang-Vinh Le,b Ngo Van Chanh,b Chee-Kian Tham,a Benjamin Poh,a Wen-Hsin Koo,a Huynh Hungb
aDepartment of Medical Oncology, and bLaboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Division of Cellular and Molecular Research, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
Original Research Report
:: Pages 80-89
Pediatric immunohematopoietic stem cell transplantation at a tertiary care center in Cape Town
Lucille Wood,ad June Juritz,b Jonathan Havemann,b Jo Lund,a Herman Waldmann,e Geoffrey Hale,e Peter Jacobsa-d
aDepartment of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit incorporating The Searll Research Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic, Plumstead, Cape Town, bDepartment of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, cCollege of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, dFaculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Academic Hospital and eSir Willian Dunn School, University of Oxford
Original Research Report
:: Pages 90-93
Malignant tumors of the minor salivary glands in northern Pakistan: a clinicopathological study
Bushra Rahman, Nadira Mamoon, Shahid Jamal, Nadia Zaib, Mohammad Luqman, Sajid Mushtaq, Masood Anwar
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Original Research Report
:: Pages 94-97
Validation of a modified cryopreservation method for leukemic blasts for flow cytometry assessment
Huda Alsayed, Tarek Owaidah, Faisal Al Rawas
Department of Diagnostic Hematology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Original Research Report
:: Pages 98-105
A retrospective study of treatment and outcome in 39 cases of male breast cancer
Adnan Yoney, Ahmet Kucuk, Omur Alan, Mustafa Unsal
Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Review
:: Pages 106-123
Why implement universal leukoreduction?
Wafaa Y. Bassuni,a Morris A. Blajchman,b May A. Al-Mosharya
aCentral Laboratory and Transfusion Services, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and bMcMaster Transfusion Medicine Research Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Brief Communication
:: Pages 124-129
Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: prospective feasibility and efficacy study in Malaysian patients
Esam Elsherbieny,a Pua Choo,b Ahmad Alzoubic
aDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, bEar, Nose and Throat Department, Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia and cSchool of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Brief Communication
:: Pages 130-132
Malignant gastric tumors in Sudan: a report from a single pathology center
Ahmed El Hassan, Lamyaa El Hassan, Hatim Mudawi, Bahaa Gasim, Ali Own, Elwaleed Elamin, Mohamed Ibn Ouf, Mohamed El Mekki Abdullah, Suleiman Fedail
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
Case Report
:: Pages 133-135
Rhabdomyosarcoma of the clitoris
Youssef Al-Tonbary,a Khalid Zalata,b Mohamed Sarhan,a Rasha El-Ashery,a Ashraf Foudaa
aHaematology/Oncology Unit and bPathology Department, Mansoura University Children’s Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt
Case Report
:: Pages 136-138
Recurrent cerebral stroke in a thalassemic patient
M. Özlem Hergüner,a Faruk Incecik,a Sakir Altunbasak,a Ïlgen Sasmaz,b Göksel Leblebisatanb
Department of Pediatric Neurology and bPediatric Hematology, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
Letter to the Editor
:: Pages 139
RE: Cancer prevention and control in the Eastern Mediterranean region: the need for a public health approach
Muhieddine Seoud, Ali Shamsseddine
American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon
