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Cancer consult : expertise for clinical practice / edited by Syed A. Abutalib, Maurie Markman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cancer.
- Stem cells--Transplantation.
- Stem cells.
- Oncology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (987 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The field of oncology benefits from several large-scale reference books and a host of monographs dedicated to specific cancers. However, truly excellent practice and review books are, surprisingly, quite scarce. Outside of a scant handful of books and online reference tools that offer clinical response practice and board review in a basic question and answer format, there are no resources that offer a robust, engaging, fully referenced tool for these vital activities in every oncologist's and oncology trainee's work. This print and electronic book seeks to fill that void, offering comprehensive
- Contents:
- Cover; Dedication; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; SECTION 1: Malignant Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation; PART 1: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adults; CHAPTER 1: Diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Selected readings; Case study answers; CHAPTER 2: Prognostic markers and models in acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Pretherapeutic prognostic markers; Age; White blood cell count; Cytogenetic and genetic markers; Immunophenotype; Pro-B-ALL/t(4; 11); Common and pre-B-ALL; T-lineage ALL; Response parameters
- Stratification into risk groups Selected reading; CHAPTER 3: Management of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Selected reading; CHAPTER 4: Management of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Selected reading; CHAPTER 5: Minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Case study answers; Selected reading; CHAPTER 6: Hematopoietic cell transplantation in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Multiple choice and discussion questions; Selected reading; Multiple choice answer; Case study answer; PART 2: Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Adults
- CHAPTER 7: Prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia: cytogenetics and beyond Selected reading; Case study answers; CHAPTER 8: Induction therapy in acute myeloid leukemia; Selected reading; Case study answers; CHAPTER 9: Consolidation therapy in acute myeloid leukemia; Selected reading; CHAPTER 10: Management of acute promyelocytic leukemia; Selected reading; CHAPTER 11: Minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia; Selected reading; CHAPTER 12: Relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia; Multiple choice questions; Selected reading; Case study answers; Mutiple choise answers
- CHAPTER 13: Hematopoietic cell transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia Multiple choice question; Case study answers; Multiple choice answer; Selected reading; PART 3: Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Related Disorders; CHAPTER 14: Pitfalls in the diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes; Selected reading; Case study answers; CHAPTER 15: Cytogenetics and prognostic models in myelodysplastic syndromes; MDS cytogenetics and prognosis; Conclusion; Selected reading; CHAPTER 16: Management of myelodysplastic syndromes; Selected reading; CHAPTER 17: Management of therapy-related myeloid neoplasms
- Introduction Multiple choice questions; What is the most appropriate treatment for the following patients?; Selected reading; Multiple choice answers; CHAPTER 18: Hematopoietic cell transplantation in myelodysplastic syndromes; Selected reading; CHAPTER 19: Acquired aplastic anemia; Selected reading; Case study answers; PART 4: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms; CHAPTER 20: Diagnostic approach in myeloproliferative neoplasms; Introduction; Selected reading; CHAPTER 21: Chronic myeloid leukemia: chronic phase; Introduction; Multiple choice and discussion questions; Selected reading
- Multiple choice answer
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781118589175
- 1118589173
- 9781118589199
- 111858919X
- 9781118589168
- 1118589165
- OCLC:
- 890441754
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