Main description:

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

Contents:

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), by Elihu Estey
The Treatment of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): Risk Stratification and Strategies, by Andrei R. Shustov
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), by Jonathan A. Gutman, Kelly M. Smith, and John M. Pagel
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), by Vivian Oehler and Jerry Radich
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), by Bart Lee Scott
Myeloablative transplant (HCT), by Gunnar Bjarni Ragnarsson and Paul J. Martin
Reduced-intensity and Non-Myeloablative Conditioning Followed by Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, by Aravind Ramakrishnan and Brenda M. Sandmaier
Alternative Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - A Role for Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies, by Laura F. Newell, Jonathan A. Gutman, and Colleen Delaney
The Detection and Significance of Minimal Residual Disease, by Jerald P. Radich and Brent L. Wood
Late Effects after Treatment for Leukemia, by K. Scott Baker and Emily Jo Rajotte
Transfusion Support of the Patient with Hematologic Malignancy, by Terry B. Gernsheimer and Meghan Delaney
Infections in Leukemia and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, by Steven Pergam, Debra Mattson, and Michael Boeckh