Acute myelogenous leukemia / edited by Judith E. Karp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karp, Judith E.

Series:

Contemporary hematology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acute myeloid leukemia.

Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute.

Medical Subjects:

Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute.

Physical Description:

xiv, 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2007]

Contents:

Approaching the treatment of AML from a biological perspective: an overview / Farhad Ravandi and Francis Giles

Aberrant transcription factors in AML / Alan D. Friedman

Myelodysplasia-related AML / Jane E. Parker

Therapy-related AML / Lucy A. Godley and Michelle M. Le Beau

The DNA damage response, DNA repair, and AML / David P. Steensma

Altered apoptosis in AML: potential implications for pathogenesis and therapeutic response / Ruben A. Mesa and Scott H. Kaufmann

Drug resistance transporters in AML / Douglas D. Ross

Impact of cytogenetics on clinical outcome in AML / David Grimwade

APL: a classic tale of bench to bedside / Olga Frankfurt ... [et al.]

Emerging therapeutics for AML / Edward A. Sausville

FLT3: a prototype receptor tyrosine kinase target in AML / Mark Levis

Farnesyl transferase inhibitors in the therapy of AML / Jeffrey E. Lancet

Modulating gene expression as a therapeutic approach in the treatment of AML / Tamer Fandy, Hetty Carraway, and Steven D. Gore

Differentiation therapy in AML / Tara L. Lin and William Matsui

Stem cell transplantation for AML / Javier Bolaños-Meade and Richard J. Jones

Tumor vaccines in leukemia / Ivan Borrello

Treatment, outcomes, and challenges of newly diagnosed AML in children and adolescents / Robert J. Arceci

AML in older adults / Richard M. Stone

Dameshek smiles: molecular clues to the chronic myeloproliferative disorders unmasked / Jason Gotlib

New designs for clinical trials / Elihu Estey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1588296210

9781588296214

OCLC:

76798709