This groundbreaking text on the management of childhood cancers covers most tumor types occurring in children and young adults and provides reviews of randomized trials with commentaries on the optimum treatments for childhood cancer.

Table of Contents

• List of contributors
• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• About the companion website
• Part 1: Solid tumors
• 1 Rhabdomyosarcoma, Katherine K. Matthay (Commentary by Meriel Jenney)
• 2 Osteosarcoma, Katherine K. Matthay (Commentary by Maria Michelagnoli)
• 3 Ewing sarcoma, Katherine K. Matthay (Commentary by Steven G. DuBois)
• 4 Wilms tumor, Ananth Shankar (Commentary by Kathy Pritchard-Jones)
• 5 Neuroblastoma, Katherine K. Matthay (Commentary by Katherine K. Matthay)
• 6 Hepatoblastoma, Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Penelope Brock)
• 7 Malignant germ cell tumors, Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Ross Pinkerton)
• 8 Medulloblastoma, Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Eric Bouffet)
• 9 Glioma, Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Joann L. Ater)
• 10 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Ross Pinkerton)
• 11 Hodgkin lymphoma, Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Cindy L. Schwartz)
• Part 2: Leukemia
• Section 1: Acute myeloid leukemia
• 12 Acute myeloid leukemia commentary, Robert J. Arceci
• 13 Remission induction in acute myeloid leukemia, Ananth Shankar
• 14 Acute myeloid leukemia consolidation, Ananth Shankar
• 15 Maintenance treatment in acute myeloid leukemia, Ananth Shankar
• 16 Autologous bone marrow transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia, Ananth Shankar
• 17 Acute myeloid leukemia: miscellaneous, Ananth Shankar
• Section 2: Childhood lymphoblastic leukemia
• 18 Childhood lymphoblastic leukemia commentary, Vaskar Saha
• 19 Remission induction in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia, Ananth Shankar
• 20 Central nervous system-directed therapy in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia, Ananth Shankar
• 21 Maintenance treatment in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia, Ananth Shankar
• 22 Relapsed childhood lymphoblastic leukemia, Ananth Shankar
• 23 Postinduction therapy in adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Ananth Shankar
• Part 3: Supportive care in pediatric oncology
• 24 Colony-stimulating factors, Ananth Shankar (Commentary by Victoria Grandage)
• 25 Cardioprotection in pediatric oncology, Ananth Shankar (Commentary by Gill A. Levitt)
• 26 Infections in pediatric and adolescent oncology, Ananth Shankar; Sara Stoneham (Commentary by Julia E. Clark)