Germ Cell Tumors
Germ Cell Tumors Michael A. Skinner Division of Pediatric Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710. One of the great mysteries of human embryology is how the single-cell…
Leukemias and Lymphomas
Leukemias and Lymphomas Meghan A. Higman Robert J. Arceci Departments of Oncology and Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Maryland 21205. Leukemias and lymphomas constitute approximately…
Liver Tumors
Liver Tumors Anthony D. Sandler John J. Meehan Jr. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Health Care, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242. The management of hepatic malignancies in…
Rhabdomyosarcoma and Nonrhabdomyomatous Sarcomas
Rhabdomyosarcoma and Nonrhabdomyomatous Sarcomas Dave R. Lal Michael P. LaQuaglia Dave R. Lal: Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021. Michael P. LaQuaglia: Department of…
Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma Andrew M. Davidoff Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Neuroblastoma is the most common solid extracranial malignancy of…
Renal Tumors
Renal Tumors Robert C. Shamberger Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. Renal tumors are the second most common abdominal tumor presenting in infants and children….
Angiogenesis and Vascular Anomalies
Angiogenesis and Vascular Anomalies Arin K. Greene Steven J. Fishman Division of Plastic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. Department of Surgery and Vascular Anoma-…
Oncogenesis
Oncogenesis Joel Shilyansky Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226. Oncogenesis or development of cancer is a progressive stepwise cellular process that…
Principles of Oncology
Principles of Oncology Lesley Simpson Kristin Baird David N. Korones Cindy L. Schwartz Sidney Kimmel Cancer Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287. Pediatric M&D…
Stings, Bites, and Poisonings
Stings, Bites, and Poisonings Bryan C. Weidner Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama 35233-1711. VENOMOUS SNAKES It is estimated that…
