Leukemia and Related Disorders: Integrated Treatment Approaches

✍ Scribed by Elihu H. Estey M.D., Elihu H. Estey M.D. (auth.), Elihu H. Estey, Fred R. Appelbaum (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 395
• Series: Contemporary Hematology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the world renowned Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, this book is written for all physicians who treat patients with acute or chronic leukemias or myelodysplasia. It is designed to answer questions about treatment approaches that commonly arise in day-to-day practice. In keeping with the Center’s groundbreaking research in bone marrow transplantation, the book provides exceptional coverage of the role of allogeneic transplant in treatment. It also addresses the important issues of supportive care and long-term complications of successful treatment.

•Edited and written by experts at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
•Clinically focused and comprehensive coverage of treatment approaches
•Allogeneic transplant addressed in detail
•Separate chapters on supportive care and long-term complications

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)....Pages 1-36
The Treatment of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): Risk Stratification and Strategies....Pages 37-66
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)....Pages 67-96
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)....Pages 97-147
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)....Pages 149-168
Myeloablative Transplant (HCT)....Pages 169-186
Reduced-Intensity and Non-Myeloablative Conditioning Followed by Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation....Pages 187-217
Alternative Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Role for Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies....Pages 219-249
The Detection and Significance of Minimal Residual Disease....Pages 251-271
Late Effects After Treatment for Leukemia....Pages 273-291
Transfusion Support of the Patient with Hematologic Malignancy....Pages 293-308
Infections in Leukemia and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation....Pages 309-365
Back Matter....Pages 367-380

✦ Subjects

Hematology; Oncology