Main description:

Prepared by residents and fellows and reviewed by clinical faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine, this handbook is a practical quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and treatment of hematologic disorders and adult malignancies. It covers both inpatient and outpatient management approaches with the same front-lines practicality as the world-famous Washington Manual(R) of Medical Therapeutics. This thoroughly updated Second Edition includes new standards in the treatment of malignancies, mechanisms of action of new therapeutic agents, and the current use of molecular prognostic factors. Key points about diagnosis and management of disorders are bulleted for easy reference. This edition also includes illustrations. The Washington Manual(R) is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University.

Contents:

HEMATOLOGY Introduction and Approach to Hematology Pablo Ramirez WBC Disorders: Leukopenia and Leukocytosis Mark A. Schroeder Red Blood Cell Disorders Walter W. Chan and Jinny E. Chang Platelets: Thrombocytopenia and Thrombocytosis Sakib K. Khalid and Chanda Ho Introduction to Coagulation and Laboratory Evaluation of Coagulation Anna Margret Halldorsdottir Thrombotic Disease Meagan Jacoby and Nathan Marti Coagulopathy Lee Demertzis Myelodysplasia, Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, and Other Causes of Pancytopenia Giridharan Ramsingh and Robert Schwartz Myeloproliferative Disorders Michael Martin and John Welch Transfusion Medicine James C. Mosley, III Sickle Cell Disease Meagan A. Jacoby Drugs That Affect Hemostasis: Anticoagulants, Thrombolytics and Antifibrinolytics Nasreen Ilias and Mohsen Nasir Plasma Cell Disorders Philip E. Lammers and Tanya Wildes ONCOLOGY Introduction and Approach to Oncology Prapti Patel and Tanya Wildes Cancer Biology Priya K. Gopalan Chemotherapy Kristan M. Augustin and Lindsay M. Hladnik Introduction to Radiation Oncology Parag J. Parikh and Imran Zoberi Breast Cancer Caron Rigdon and Mariana Chavez-MacGregor Lung Cancer Janakiraman Subramanian and Vamsidhar Velcheti Colorectal Cancer Coy Heldermon Other Gastrointestinal Malignancies David Kuperman Malignant Melanoma Mike G. Martin Head and Neck Cancer Yee Hong Chia and David Kuperman Sarcoma Saiama Waqar and David Kuperman Endocrine Malignancies Mark A. Schroeder Urological Malignancies Bryan A. Faller and James C. Mosley, III Gynecologic Oncology Andrea R. Hagemann and Israel Zighelboim Intracranial Tumors Coy Heldermon The Leukemias Michael Martin and John Welch Lymphoma Todd A. Fehniger Introduction to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Pablo Ramirez HIV-Related Malignancies Giridharan Ramsingh and Nina Asrani Cancer of Unknown Primary Site Lukas D. Wartman Supportive Care in Oncology Brian A. Van Tine Oncologic Emergencies Lukas D. Wartman