Table of Contents - Issue 1

VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 1 | FIRST QUARTER ISSUE | 2009
Review :: Pages 259-264

Acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary glands: a literature review

Nabil Al-Zaher,a Amani Obeid,a Suhail Al-Salam,b Bassam Sulaiman Al-Kayyalic

aDepartment of Otolaryngology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bFRCPath, University of the United Arab Emirates, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, and cTawam Johns Hopkins Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Original Research Report :: Pages 265-271

Improved compliance with adjuvant vinorelbine and cisplatin in non-small cell lung cancer

Ali Aljubran,a Natasha Leighl,b Melania Pintilie,c Ronald Burkesd

aKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bPrincess Margaret Hospital, Toronto Canada, cUniversity of Toronto, Toronto Canada, and the dMount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Original Research Report :: Pages 272-277

A retrospective comparison of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell versus bone marrow transplantation

Henrique Bittencourt,a,b Monalisa Lopes,c Antonio Vaz de Macedo,b Elen Rose Teixeira,d Gabriel Gomes Sabido Gomes,d Galileu Galilei Ferreira,d Leandro Amaral,d Priscila Soares,d Mônica Vieira,d Luci Maria Dussec

aInternal Medicine Department, bHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit/Hematology Division, cDepartment of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, dSchool of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Original Research Report :: Pages 278-284

Clinical characteristics and outcome of pediatric patients with stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma

Asim Belgaumi,a Amani A. Al-Kofide,a Yasser Khafaga,b Nicey Joseph,a Rubina Jamil-Malik,a Khawar S. Siddiqui,a Rajeh S. Sabbaha

aDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and the bKing Faisal Cancer Centre,  King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Original Research Report :: Pages 285-288

Studies on biomarkers for oxidative stress in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia

Raj K. Singh, Anil K. Tripathi, Payal Tripathi, Sushma Singh, Ranjana Singh, Rizwan Ahmad

Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Chhatrapati Shahvji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Utter Pradesh, India

Original Research Report :: Pages 289-293

Polymorphic (CAG)n repeats in the androgen receptor gene: a risk marker for endometriosis and uterine leiomyomas

Noor Ahmad Shaik,abe Sujatha Govindan,ab Vijayalakshmi Kodati,a Kaipa Prabhakar Rao,c Qurratulain Hasanabd

aDepartment of Genetics, Vasavi Medical and Research Centre, Khairtabad, Hyderabad 500 004, Andhra Pradesh, India, bDepartment of Genetics, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, AC Guards, Hyderabad 500 004, Andhra Pradesh, India, cDepartment of Genetics, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India, dDepartment of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Kamineni Hospitals, LB Nagar, Hyderabad 500 044, Andhra Pradesh, India, and eBiomarkers Research Centre, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Special Communication :: Pages 294-298

The National Oncology Program: a Yemeni-Canadian partnership

Theodore Vandenberg,a Nadeem Nagi,b Bertha Garcia,c Catherine Kirk,a James Gilchrist,a Susan Poirier,d Hugh Allen,e Albert Driedger,f Kate Fournie,a Mohamed Basahi,g,h Martin Robinsongh

aDepartment of Oncology, London Health Sciences Centre, bDepartment of Oncology, National Oncology Centre, cDepartment of Pathology, dDepartment of Pharmacy, eDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, fDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario, Canada, gSana’a Medical Laboratories, Sana’a, Yemen, and hB&R Consultants, Inc., Ontario, Canada

Case Report :: Pages 299-301

Primary hepatic non-Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as acute hepatitis in a 2-year-old male

Youssef Al-Tonbary, Ashraf Fouda, Rasha El-Ashry, Khaled Zalata

Hematology/Oncology/BMT Unit, Mansoura University Children’s Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt

Case Report :: Pages 302-304

Complete remission of mantle-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma with a dendritic cell vaccine

Celso Massumoto,a Juliana M. de Sousa-Canavez,b Katia R. Moreira-Leite,b Luiz H. Camara-Lopesb

 aInstituto Zacarias Marques de Pesquisa, Sao Paulo, Brazil and bGenoa Biotechnology, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Case Report :: Pages 305-307

Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in a patient with POEMS syndrome

James Diaz-Betancur, Jorge Cuervo-Sierra, Alber Guzmán-Zapata, Maria Cecilia Mondragón-Arismendi, Francisco Cuéllar-Ambrosi

School of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

Case Report :: Pages 308-309

Günther disease in an infant

Yasmeen Bhat,a Mushtaq Sheikh,b Manzoor Sheikh,a Asif Babaa

aDepartment of Dermatology and the bDepartment of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India