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