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Pediatric Blood & Cancer: The Official Journal of ASPHO

PBCPediatric Blood & Cancer (PBC), owned and published monthly by Wiley-Blackwell, is the official journal of ASPHO and the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP).

Peter E. Newburger, MD, of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, serves as Editor-in-Chief. Thomas Gross, MD, of the NIH in Rockville, MD, is Deputy Editor. Editorial board members represent the international constituencies of both ASPHO and SIOP.

Members can access the journal here and bookmark this page for convenient future access. Members should register with Wiley to receive full journal access and email alerts about new publication issues and articles. Nonmembers can access a limited view of the journal, or join ASPHO for full access. 

PBC publishes manuscripts describing basic and clinical investigations of blood disorders and malignant diseases of childhood, including diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, etiology, biology, and molecular and clinical genetics of these diseases as they affect children, adolescents, and young adults. The journal also includes the section "On Children, Blood, and Cancer" which features personal perspectives on the experiences of children with cancer or blood disorders, or of caring for these children.

In January 2014, Pediatric Blood & Cancer became online-only. The online-only publication reflects a larger trend, with scholarly journals everywhere moving rapidly toward electronic-only distribution.

Electronic Table of Contents

ASPHO's official journal, Pediatric Blood & Cancer (PBC), sends an Electronic Table of Contents (eTOC) with information on each forthcoming issue. PBC eTOC will provide readers with a regular update about PBC content, directly from the Wiley Online Library. Register with Wiley to receive eTOC email alerts about new publication issues and articles.

Pediatric Blood & Cancer iPad® and iPhone® App 

Pediatric Blood and Cancer ios ipad iphoneASPHO members receive the iPad® edition of Pediatric Blood & Cancer free of charge.

The app is available for both the iPhone and iPad. The app allows you to stay up to date with developments in your profession faster than ever before.

Features include

  • dynamic figures, tables, and references
  • early view articles as they publish
  • the ability to browse content before downloading an issue
  • the ability to share articles via e-mail and social media
  • access to your institutional or personal subscription.

Members should use the same Wiley Online Library account information that they already use to access the journal. Learn more on how to access the Pediatric Blood & Cancer iPad® App.

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