Advances in diagnostic techniques and therapeutic modalities have brought about significant progress in the management of many hematologic malignancies. For the practicing clinician these changes are occurring at a rapid rate and it is difficult to keep informed of all the new information. Therefore, most physicians focus on the major diagnostic and therapeutic changes in common cancers, and it is often a challenge to stay up to date on the advances in the less common malignancies. Furthermore, it is difficult to find the new information in a timely fashion when seeing patients with an uncommon or unusual hematologic malignancy. In this book, data on rare hematologic malignancies have been assembled to provide a concise resource for practicing oncologists.
Each chapter provides information on the biology of the various rare hematologic diseases but also focuses on the latest therapeutic advances. Because of the paucity of clinical trials in most of these diseases, the authors have not only summarized the literature but also provided their own expertise regarding management of patients.
This book will be helpful to physicians seeing patients with uncommon hematologic malignancies, and will also be of benefit to patients by providing the treating physicians with recommendations concerning the optimal management of diseases that are uncommonly seen in their practice.
Contents
1 Polycythemia Vera and Other Polycythemia Syndromes
2 Primary Myelofi brosis
3 Essential Thrombocythemia
4 Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia/Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
5 Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
6 The 5q– Syndrome
7 Rare Acute Leukemias
8 Hairy Cell Leukemia
9 Waldenstrom’s Macrogloblinemia/ Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma
10 Rare B-cell Lymphomas: Primary Mediastinal, Intravascular, and Primary Effusion Lymphoma
11 Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
12 Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders
13 Castleman Disease
14 Rare T-Cell Lymphomas
15 CD30+ Diseases: Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma and Lymphomatoid Papulosis
16 Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
17 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
18 Systemic Mastocytosis
Index
Each chapter provides information on the biology of the various rare hematologic diseases but also focuses on the latest therapeutic advances. Because of the paucity of clinical trials in most of these diseases, the authors have not only summarized the literature but also provided their own expertise regarding management of patients.
This book will be helpful to physicians seeing patients with uncommon hematologic malignancies, and will also be of benefit to patients by providing the treating physicians with recommendations concerning the optimal management of diseases that are uncommonly seen in their practice.
Contents
1 Polycythemia Vera and Other Polycythemia Syndromes
2 Primary Myelofi brosis
3 Essential Thrombocythemia
4 Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia/Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
5 Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
6 The 5q– Syndrome
7 Rare Acute Leukemias
8 Hairy Cell Leukemia
9 Waldenstrom’s Macrogloblinemia/ Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma
10 Rare B-cell Lymphomas: Primary Mediastinal, Intravascular, and Primary Effusion Lymphoma
11 Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
12 Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders
13 Castleman Disease
14 Rare T-Cell Lymphomas
15 CD30+ Diseases: Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma and Lymphomatoid Papulosis
16 Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
17 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
18 Systemic Mastocytosis
Index
Product Details
- Hardcover: 443 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 10, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 038773743X
- ISBN-13: 978-0387737430
- ASIN: 038773743X