Hematological malignancies in children, adolescents and young adults / edited by Mitchell S. Cairo, Sherrie L. Perkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cairo, Mitchell S.

Perkins, Sherrie L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatric hematology.

Blood--Diseases.

Blood.

Children--Diseases.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (601 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together intellectual and scientific experts from pediatrics, adolescent medicine, general medicine, pathology, biology, nursing and psychology, this book is the first of its kind to cover the topics of leukemias and lymphomas in young patients ranging from infants to young adults. The content is organized and subdivided into four major sections - under the main headings of General Considerations, Pathobiology, Clinical Manifestations and Treatment, and Supportive Care and Complications - for ease of reference to readers. Hematological Malignancies in Children, Adolescents and Young A

Contents:

Contents; Contributing Authors; 1. Epidemiology of Hematological Malignancies of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Mark B. Geyer and Judith S. Jacobson; Introduction; The Leukemias; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Acute myelogenous leukemia; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; The Lymphomas; Hodgkin lymphoma; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL); Burkitt lymphoma (BL); Lymphoblastic lymphoma; Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL); Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL)

ConclusionsReferences; 2. The WHO Classification of Hematological Malignancies (2008) Martine Raphaël and Nicole Brousse; Introduction; Historic aspects, REAL classification and the 3rd edition of WHO classification; The 4th edition of the WHO classification; Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms; Precursor lymphoid neoplasms; Mature B-cell lymphoma; Burkitt lymphoma; Borderline categories; Mature T and NK-cell lymphoma; In situ or early lesions in lymphomas; The 2008 WHO classification relevance to pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphomas

EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders of childhood (LPD)Primary immune disease (PID) might be associated with LPD; Hodgkin lymphoma; Conclusion and pitfalls in the diagnosis of pediatric lymphoma; Classification of the Myeloid Neoplasms; Myeloproliferative neoplasms; Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms and myelodysplastic syndromes; Acute myeloid leukemia; Histiocytic and Dendritic Cell Neoplasms; References; 3. Special Considerations in Infants and Adolescents with Hematological Malignancies Gregory Reaman and Maura O'Leary; Introduction

Acute Lymphoid Leukemia in InfancyTreatment approaches to ALL in infants; Epidemiology of ALL in infants; Acute myeloid leukemia; Late effects of successful leukemia therapy in infants; Future direction for infants with ALL; Leukemia in Adolescents and Young Adults; Treatment approaches to ALL in AYA; Treatment approaches to AML/CML in AYA; Epidemiology of leukemia in AYA; Future direction for AYA with leukemia; Lymphoma in the AYA Population; Epidemiology of lymphoma in AYA; Treatment approaches to lymphoma in AYA; Late effects of successful leukemia and lymphoma therapy in AYA

Future direction for AYA with lymphomaReferences; 4. Pathologic Diagnosis of Hematologic Malignancies in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults Sherrie L. Perkins, Russell A. Higgins, Marsha C. Kinney and Jerry Hussong; Pathologic Diagnosis of Hematologic Malignancies in CAYA; Myelodysplastic and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms; Myeloid proliferations related to Down syndrome; Clinical; Morphology; Immunophenotype; Genetics; Diagnostic issues; Pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome; Clinical; Morphology; Immunophenotype; Genetics; Diagnostic issues; Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; Clinical

Morphology

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613784223

9781281603531

1281603538

9789814299619

9814299618

OCLC:

804661893