Journal Club: Maternal Vitamin Use and Neuroblastoma – Comments

Maternal Vitamin Use and Neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is an embryonic tumor of the peripheral nervous system that is derived from neural crest cells. In the United States, it is the most common tumor in infants with an incidence of 9.1 per million children under the age of 15 years. Multivitamin use during conception has already been shown to reduce the risk of several birth defects like neural tube defects and oral clefts. Besides, ...

Maternal medication use and neuroblastoma in offspring.

The association between a mother's use of specific medications during pregnancy and lactation and neuroblastoma in her offspring was evaluated in a case-control study. Newly diagnosed cases of neuroblastoma (n=504) in the United States and Canada were identified between 1992 and 1994 at 139 hospitals affiliated with the Pediatric Oncology Group or the Children's Cancer Group clinical trial prog...

The Flipped Journal Club

Introduction Educators struggle to develop a journal club format that promotes active participation from all levels of trainees. The explosion of social media compels residencies to incorporate the evaluation and application of these resources into evidence-based practice. We sought to design an innovative "flipped journal club" to achieve greater effectiveness in meeting goals and objectives a...

Pulmonary Pathology Journal Club

Pulmonary Pathology Journal Club

I. Original Research Studies for Discussion Page 1 Cool CD et al. Fibroblastic foci are not discrete sites of lung injury or repair. The fibroblast reticulum. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;174:654-658. Page 2 Kelly MM et al. Cell-specific gene expression in patients with usual interstitial pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;174:557-565. Page 3 Lu BS et al. Sequential gene expression pro...