Adult in Leukemias 1

ISBN-13: 9789400974357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 427 str.

Clara D. Bloomfield

Opis

Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journals are informative but seldom comprehensive; these are more often preliminary reports on a very limited number of patients. Certain general journals frequently publish good indepth reviews of cancer topics, and pub lished symposium lectures are often the best overviews available. Unfortu nately, these reviews and supplements appear sporadically, and the reader can never be sure when a topic of special interest will be covered. Cancer Treatment and Research is a series of authoritative volumes which aim to meet this need. It is an attempt to establish a critical mass of oncology literature covering virtually all oncology topics, revised frequently to keep the coverage up to date, easily available on a single library shelf or by a single personal subscription. We have approached the problem in the following fashion. First, by di viding the oncology literature into specific subdivisions such as lung cancer, genitourinary cancer, pediatric oncology, etc. Second, by asking eminent authorities in each of these areas to edit a volume on the specific topic on an annual or biannual basis. Each topic and tumor type is covered in a volume appearing frequently and predictably, discussing current diagnosis, staging, markers, all forms of treatment modalities, basic biology, and more."

Recenzje

`This book may be thoroughly recommended to haematologists. It achieves its aim of providing a series of authoritative reviews of major topics in acute leukaemia. Future volumes in the series will presumably deal with the chronic leukaemias and leukaemia in children and are eagerly awaited.'
British Medical Journal, 286 (1983)

Spis treści

1. Viruses and adult leukemia — lymphoma of man and relevant animal models.- 2. T-cell growth factor-dependent leukemic cell growth: therapeutic implications.- 3. Treatment related leukemia.- 4. The French-American-British classification of the acute adult myeloid leukemias: its clinical relevance.- 5. Chromosome abnormalities in adult acute leukemia: biologic and therapeutic significance.- 6. An integrated approach to the study and treatment of acute myelocytic leukemia.- 7. Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia in the elderly: biology and treatment.- 8. Early identification of potentially cured patients with acute myelo-genous leukemia — a recent challenge.- 9. The clinical relevance of lymphocyte surface markers in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.- 10. The therapy of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.- 11. The role of therapeutic and prophylactic granulocyte transfusions in adult acute leukemia.- 12. Bone marrow transplantation in adult acute leukaemia: who should be transplanted, and when?.