Overview

Using the available systematic reviews and Standard Options Recommendations (SORs) which are evidence-based treatment recommendations, Evidence-based Pediatric Oncology is a ground breaking text on the management of childhood cancers. Covering all tumour types occuring in children and young adults, it provides systematic reviews with recommendations for optimum treatments for childhood cancer. Offering reviews and commentaries from leading internationally recognised paediatric oncologists, this fully revised second edition now covers significant randomised controlled trails.

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Author:   R Pinkerton ,  A. G. Shankar ,  Katherine Matthay
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.80cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.342kg
ISBN:  

9781405142687

ISBN 10:   1405142685
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   13 April 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Ross Pinkerton. Part 1: Solid Tumors. Ross Pinkerton. 1 Rhabdomyosarcoma. Commentary by Michael Stevens and Meriel Jenney. 2 Osteosarcoma. Commentary by Alan Craft. 3 Ewing's sarcoma. Commentary by Alan Craft. 4 Wilms' tumor. Commentary by Daniel Green. 5 Neuroblastoma. Commentary by Katherine Matthay. 6 Hepatoblastoma and malignant germ-cell tumors. Commentary by Ross Pinkerton. 7 Medulloblastoma. Commentary by Joann Ater. 8 Glioma. Commentary by Joann Ater. 9 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Commentary by Tim Eden and Ross Pinkerton. 10 Hodgkin's disease. Commentary by Tim Eden and Ross Pinkerton. Part 2: Leukemia. AG Shankar. Acute myeloid leukemia. Commentaries by Judith Chessells and Vaskar Saha. 11 Induction regimens in acute myeloid leukemia. 12 Role of autologous BMT in children with acute myeloid leukemia in first remission. 13 Role of maintenance treatment in childhood acute myeloid leukemia. Childhood lymphoblastic leukemia. Commentaries by Vaskar Saha and Judith Chessells. 14 Steroids and asparaginases during remission induction therapy in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia. 15 CNS prophylaxis in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia. 16 Continuing therapy in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia - duration of continuing therapy. Part 3: Supportive Care in Pediatric Oncology. Katherine Matthay and AG Shankar. 17 Use of hemopoietic colony stimulating factors (G-CSF, G-MCSF and erythropoietin). 18 Cardioprotection in pediatric oncology. Index

Reviews

This reference provides a useful one-stop shop for some of the key data from RCTs in paediatric oncology. The study summaries are short enough to be easily digested while having sufficient detail to allow readers to glean key facts. (EBM, February 2009) The book provides good material for readers to get up-to-date with the latest clinical trials in the field of pediatric oncology ... .The information given is up-to-date and is presented in a simple and easy to understand manner (Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, December 2007) [T]he book has an international feel and the writers comment on American and European views. Perspective, hard facts and evidence based is the strength of this book, a heavyweight in his clas. (Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists) This book must be in the library of any practicing pediatric oncologist ... authors do not follow the classic format ... but instead focus on the presentation of important ... trials. (Doodys Book Reviews)

Author Information

Ross Pinkerton Mater Hospitals, Raymond Terrace, Brisbane, Australia AG Shankar Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, University College of London NHS Trust, London, UK Katherine Matthay Department of Pediatric Oncology, University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA

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