Babak Abdolkarimi

[ 1 ] - Metronomic Effect as A New Hypothesis in Maintenance Therapy of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

[ 2 ] - Role of Stem Cell Transplantation in the Treatment of Burkitt Lymphoma; A Systematic Review

Background: Burkitt lymphoma is a common subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children. It has a rapid and aggressive clinical course with frequent involvement of bone marrow and central nervous system. Systemic chemotherapy is the mainstay of the treatment for this malignancy in children. In this systematic review, we discuss autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSC...

[ 3 ] - Is Medical Application Software a New Strategy for Oncologists?

[ 4 ] - Metronomic Maintenance Therapy in Refractory Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with Monosomy 7

Patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) with monosomy 7 are a group of patients with refractory AML who have a very poor prognosis. Therefore, rationally designed new therapies, including metronomic chemotherapy regimen with histidine deacetylase inhibitors (Valporic acid, ATRA) are being investigated as potential treatments for the population of refractory cases of AML. Herein, we repo...

[ 5 ] - Is Colorectal Cancer an Unusual Malignancy among Iranian Children?

Dear Editors: Adenocarcinoma of colon and rectum is the second most common cancer of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in children. The development of carcinoma of colon in general appears to be associated with several predisposing factors such as familial polyposis, hereditary non-polyposis syndromes, ulcerative colitis, previous ureterosigmoidostomy or radiation therapy and dietary factors (hig...

[ 6 ] - Iranian Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Curriculum: Updated Version

Background: Educational evaluation is a broad concept that is related to all elements of the educational system. This concept is the result of the interaction of all values that are implemented with different titles and forms inside and outside the educational system to increase the performance of the educational system. The field of pediatric hematology and oncology is one that is constantly e...