Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology

Description

This book is updated with evidence from the latest published reviews and is more clinically focused, with an emphasis on application of the trial findings. With increased coverage of trials in the area of supportive care for pediatric cancer patients, each chapter opens with a clinical question and concludes with a summary on the trial findings from an expert commentator.

Table of contents

Introduction - Ross Pinkerton

Part 1 Solid Tumors

• 1 Rhabdomyosarcoma
  Commentary Meriel Jenney
  Studies Katherine Matthay
• 2 Osteosarcoma
  Commentary Maria Michelagnoli
  Studies Katherine Matthay
• 3 Ewing’s sarcoma
  Commentary Steven G. Dubois
  Studies Katherine Matthay
• 4 Wilms’ tumor
  Commentary Kathy Pritchard Jones
  Studies A. G. Shankar
• 5 Neuroblastoma
  Commentary Katherine Matthay
  Studies Katherine Matthay
• 6 Hepatoblastoma
  Commentary Penelope Brock
  Studies Ross Pinkerton
• 7 Malignant Germ Cell Tumors
  Commentary Ross Pinkerton
  Studies Ross Pinkerton
• 8 Medulloblastoma
  Commentary Eric Bouffet
  Studies Ross Pinkerton
• 9 Glioma
  Commentary Joann Ater
  Studies Ross Pinkerton
• 10 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  Commentary Ross Pinkerton
  Studies Ross Pinkerton
• 11 Hodgkin’s disease
  Commentary Cindy L. Schwartz
  Studies Ross Pinkerton

Part 2 Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

• 12 Acute Myeloid Leukemia -Section Commentary
  Robert J. Arceci
• 13 Remission induction in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  A. G. Shankar
• 14 Consolidation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  A. G. Shankar
• 15 Maintenance treatment in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  A. G. Shankar
• 16 Autologous bone marrow transplantation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  A. G. Shankar
• 17 Miscellaneous
  A. G. Shankar

Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukemia

• 18 Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Section Commentary
  Vaskar Saha
• 19 Remission Induction in Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  A. G. Shankar
• 20 CNS directed therapy prophylaxis in Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  A. G. Shankar
• 21 Maintenance Treatment in Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
  A. G. Shankar
• 22 Relapsed Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
  A. G. Shankar
• 23 Post-Induction Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults with Childhood Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  A. G. Shankar

Part 3 Supportive Care in Pediatric Oncology

• 24 Colony stimulating factors
  Commentary A. G. Shankar
  Studies Katherine Matthay
• 25 Cardioprotection in pediatric oncology
  Commentary Gill Levitt
  Studies A. G. Shankar
• 26 Infections in pediatric and adolescent oncology
  Commentary Julia E. Clark
  Studies A. G. Shankar and Sara Stoneham

Index