Seminars in Oncology
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 53-59 , February 2010

The Use of Central Laboratories and Remote Electronic Data Capture to Risk-Adjust Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Neuroblastoma

  • Meenakshi Devidas

      Affiliations

    • Children's Oncology Group Statistics and Data Center, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Meenakshi Devidas, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, 104 N Main St, Suite 600, Gainesville, FL 32601
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  • Wendy B. London

      Affiliations

    • Children's Oncology Group Statistics and Data Center, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • James R. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Children's Oncology Group Statistics and Data Center, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha, NE

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  2. Strother D, London WB, Yap J, et al. Surgery and restricted use of chemotherapy as treatment of low-risk neuroblastoma: preliminary results of Children's Oncology Group protocol 9641. Proceedings of the 38th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology.
  3. Baker DL, Schmidt M, Cohn S, et al. A phase III trial of biologically-based therapy reduction for intermediate risk neuroblastoma [abstract 9504]. 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Proceedings. Part I. 25:18S.
  4. Kreissman SG, Villablanca JG, Diller L, et al. Response and toxicity to a dose-intensive multi-agent chemotherapy induction regimen for high risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB): a Children's Oncology Group (A3973) study [abstract 9505]. 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Proceedings. Part I. 25:18S.

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2009.12.007

Seminars in Oncology
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 53-59 , February 2010