Review
:: Pages 141-158
The challenge of risk stratification in acute myeloid leukemia with normal karyotype
Syed Z. Zaidi,a Tarek Owaidah,b Fahad Al Sharif,c Said Y. Ahmed,c Naeem Chaudhri,c Mahmoud Aljurfc
aAdult Hematology & SCT Department, Prince Sultan Hematology Oncology Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and cSection of Adult Hematology/HSCT, King Faisal Cancer Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Original Research Report
:: Pages 159-165
A new chemoimmunotherapy regimen (OXAFI) for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Mei-Kim Ang,a Donald Poon,a Kian-Fong Foo,a Yaw-Fui Chung,b Pierce Chow,b Wei-Keat Wan,c Choon-Hua Thng,d London Ooie
aDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, bDepartment of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, cDepartment of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, dDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, and eDepartment of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
Original Research Report
:: Pages 166-170
Additional chromosomal abnormalities in Philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukemia
Naveen Naz Syed, Mohammad Usman, Salman Adil, Mohammad Khurshid
Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Sind, Pakistan
Original Research Report
:: Pages 171-174
Serum prostate-specific antigen, radiologic findings and Gleason score in prostate biopsies in Jordan
Mohammed G. Abu Farsakh,a Hussam A. A. Abu Farsakhb
aMedicine Faculty, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan and the bFirst Medical Laboratory, Amman Jordan
Original Research Report
:: Pages 175-182
Cancer incidence among the Bahraini population: a five-year (1998-2002) experience
Jamal Alsayyad,a Randah Hamadehb
aMedical Review Office, Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain, and the bDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
Brief Communication
:: Pages 183-188
Preliminary experience with bevacizumab in combination with standard chemotherapeutic regimens in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study
Christos Emmanouilides, Dimitrios Philippou, Evdoxia Sapountzi, Eleni Diamandidou
Department of Oncology, Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
Brief Communication
:: Pages 189-192
Efficacy and early complications of intravenous busulfan in children with thalassemia undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Samart Pakakasama,a Ampaiwan Chuansumrit,a Butsakorn Damkong,b Nongnuch Sirachainan,a Somtawin Sirireung,b Suradej Hongenga
aFaculty of Medicine Ramathibodi and the bDepartment of Nursing Ramathibodi, Bangkok, Thailand
Case Report
:: Pages 193-196
Synchronous occurrence of macroscopic papillary and medullary thyroid carcinomas
Jose I. López,a Almudena Ruiz,b Estibaliz Ugarte,b Miguel Paja,b Cosme Ereño,a Ayman Gaafara
Departments of aAnatomic Pathology and bEndocrinology, Hospital de Basurto, Vizcaya, Spain
Case Report
:: Pages 197-198
The gallbladder as the first site of metastatic disease in a patient with melanoma
Sarah Gwynne, Tahir Abbas
Department of Clinical Oncology, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Case Report
:: Pages 199-200
Large B-cell transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting as a penile mass and skin lesion
Amalia Vassou,a Mary Bai,b Leonidas Benetatos,a Athina Tsili,c Konstantinos Bourantasa
Departments of aHematology, bPathology and cRadiology, Ioannina University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece