Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (AREKEN) Osaka Univ Grad School Med

We are treating children with cancer and hematological disorder at Osaka University Hospital, Japan.
Contact us at areken@ped.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Monday, April 17, 2006

Morning Seminar Vol 4(1) October 2005

SIOP 2005 (2005.9) #1
RMS, soft tissue sarcoma 1

SIOP 2005 (2005.9) #2
medulloblastoma, ependimoma 6

SIOP 2005 (2005.9) #3
Infant brain tumors 13

SIOP 2005 (2005.9) #4
CNS embryonal tumor, medulloblastoma 16

Treatment of medulloblastoma with post operative chemotherapy alone: an SFOP prospective trial in young children (Grill, Lancet Oncol 2005) 28

Resurgence of pertussis in Europe (Calentano, Pediatr Infect Dis J 2005) 35

Immunosuppressive therapy for aplastic anemia in children: a more severe disease predicts better survival (Fuhrer, Blood 2005) 39

SCT for patient with Down syndrome 44

Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) for adults with severe sepsis and a low risk of death (Abraham, N Engl J Med 2005) 47

Biphosphonates and cancer-induced bone disease: beyond their antiresorptive activity (Clezardin, Cancer Research 2005) 53

Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment in 6 patients with therapy-refractory cGVHD (Canninga-van Dijk, Blood 2004) 56

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: clinical and biological characterization and outcome according to the nodal or extranodal primary origin (Lopez-Guillermo, JCO 2005) 60

Supplementation with antioxidant micronutrients and chemotherapy-induced toxicity in cancer patients treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled study (Weijl, Eur J Cancer 2004) 64

Outcomes and prognostic factors after recurrence in children and adolescents with nonmetastatic rhabdomyosarcoma (Mazzoleni, Cancer 2005) 69

Myeloablative megatherapy with autologous stem-cell rescue versus oral maintenance chemotherapy as consolidation treatment in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma: a randomised controlled trial (Berthold, Lancet Oncol 2005) 76

11th Hematology Seminar (October 15-16, 2005 Tokyo) 81

HLA typing for liver transplant 85

Asthma as a consequence of BMT (Rietz, Chest 2002) 92

Long-term acquisition of allergen-specific IgE and asthma following allogeneic BMT from allergic donors (Hallstrand, Blood 2004) 94

Intracranial germ cell tumors: a single institution experience and review of the literature (Smith, J NeuroOncol 2004) 96

Long-term results of a randomized trial on extended use of high dose L-Asparaginase for standard risk childhood ALL (Pession, JCO 2005) 99

Medulloblastoma in childhood: impact of radiation technique upon the outcome of treatment (Chojnacka, Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004) 102