A Journal's Journey

摘要

The first issue of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal (PHOJ)has been a long time coming. First conceived more than eight yearsago by the stalwarts of the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Chapterof the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (PHO- IAP) Drs MR Lokeshwar,PA Kurkure, A Sachdeva, SD Banavali and Bharat Agarwal, itremained a while on the backburner while the society took othergreat strides forward. Foremost among these was the formationof the Indian Pediatric Oncology Group (InPOG), another longcherished dream of the society, which formalizes the mechanismsof scientific collaboration, research and clinical trials between pediatric oncology centers across the country where clinical practiceswere as heterogenous as our large and diverse land and society.An article then on this landmark moment of our evolution as a society written by the current president of InPOG, Dr S Bakhshi, features rightfully in the inaugural issue of the journal.