Table of Contents - Issue 3

VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 3 | THIRD QUARTER ISSUE | 2008
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