Paediatric Haematology and Oncology

Professor Simon Bailey is a Consultant in Paediatric Oncology at the Great North Childrens Hospital, and an Honorary Professor of Paediatric Neuro-Oncology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He specialises in brain tumours.Professor Rod Skinner is a semi-retired paediatric and adolescent haemato-oncologist. He is the clinical lead for long-term follow-up of childhood and adolescent cancer and leukaemia.Prior to semi-retirement, Professor Skinner was also clinical lead of the Paediatric Haematology Bone Marrow Transplant service and cared for children with acute leukaemia, aplastic anaemia and rare paediatric haematological malignancies.Professor Skinner's clinical interests include long-term follow-up of individuals previously treated for childhood cancer or leukaemia, those who had bone marrow / stem cell transplants during childhood or adolescence, and childhood cancer survivorship.

• 1 Introduction to paediatric haematology and oncology1: Professor Mark Pearce: Epidemiology of childhood cancer2: Professor Deborah Tweddle: Overview of biology and genetics of childhood cancer3: Professor Alan Davidson: Paediatric oncology in the developing world2 General approaches to suspected cancer4: Dr Fiona Herd: Abdominal mass5: Professor Simon Bailey: Initial diagnosis of brain tumours6: Dr Geoff Shenton: The bleeding or bruising child7: Dr Sunita Dhir: Lymphadenopathy8: Dr Dipayan Mitra: Imaging of brain tumours9: Dr Claire Gowdy and Dr Leigh McDonald: Imaging of non-CNS tumours3 Haematological and oncological emergencies10: Dr Simon Bomken, Dr Heather Lambert, Dr Anita Devlin, Dr Britta Vormoor, Dr Tina Biss, Professor Simon Bailey, and Professor Rod Skinner: Haematological and oncological emergencies4 General principles11: Professor Simon Bailey: Multimodality treatment12: Professor Rod Skinner and Ms Lynzie Middleton: Systemic anticancer drugs13: Dr Joanne Lewis: Paediatric radiotherapy14: Dr Hany Gabra: Surgery15: Professor Rod Skinner and Dr Wing Roberts: Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation16: Sister Lisa Price: Clinical trials5 Supportive care17: Professor Marieke Emonts, Dr Lucia Pareja-Cebrian, and Professor Rod Skinner: Infection18: Dr Peter Carey: Blood transfusion19: Sister Kelley Mellett and Amanda Gerrard: Pain20: Professor Simon Bailey, Professor Rod Skinner, Ms Fiona Court, Dr Heather Borrill, Mr Hany Gabra, Dr Peter Carey: Other aspects of supportive care6 Long term follow up21: Professor Rod Skinner: Long-term follow-up of childhood cancer survivors7 Benign haematological diseases22: Dr Peter Carey: Haemoglobinopathies23: Dr Tina Biss: Haemostasis and thrombosis24: Professor Rod Skinner: Bone marrow failure25: Dr Peter Carey: Other non-malignant causes of peripheral blood cytopenias8 Malignant haematological diseases26: Dr Frederik Van Delft: Biology of childhood leukaemia27: Professor Josef Vormoor: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia28: Dr Geoff Shenton, Dr Wing Roberts, and Professor Rod Skinner: Acute myeloid leukaemia29: Professor Rod Skinner: Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage30: Professor Rod Skinner: Myelodysplasia31: Professor Rod Skinner: Chronic myeloid leukaemia and other chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms32: Dr Simon Bomken: Lymphoma9 Solid tumours33: Professor Deborah Tweddle: Neuroblastoma34: Dr Helen Jenkinson: Retinoblastoma35: Dr Quentin Campbell-Hewson: Renal tumours36: Dr Quentin Campbell-Hewson: Bone tumours37: Dr Matthew Murray: Extracranial germ cell tumours38: Dr Gail Halliday: Soft tissue sarcomas39: Dr Gail Halliday: Liver tumours10 Central nervous system tumours40: Professor Steven Clifford: Biology of central nervous system tumours41: Professor Simon Bailey and Professor Jeannette Parkes: Central nervous system tumours11 Other conditions42: Dr Kevin Windebank: Histiocytosis43: Professor Bernadette Brennan: Rare tumours12 New treatment strategies44: Professor Darren Hargrave: New treatment strategies