SPEC – Lanzkowsky's Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 7th Edition, 12-Month Access, eBook
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SPEC – Lanzkowsky's Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 7th Edition, 12-Month Access, eBook
About This Book
Lanzkowsky's Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Seventh Edition remains the go-to clinical manual for the treatment and management of childhood cancers and blood disorders. It is a comprehensive book on patient management, replete with algorithms and flow diagrams, and includes a new section on vascular anomalies. Reflecting the considerable advances in the treatment and management of hematologic and oncologic diseases in children, the seventh edition of this successful clinical manual is entirely updated to incorporate all current treatment protocols, new drugs, and management approaches. Its concise and easy-to-read format, again, enables readers to make accurate diagnoses and treatment decisions without having to reference larger medical textbooks.
- Designed to be easily readable and highly practical with over 400 illustrative tables, along with color diagrams and figures
- New chapter on Pediatric Vascular Anomalies
- New content on 'blood avoidance' programs to honor religious preferences
- Discussions of new drugs and immunological therapies for cancers, along with discussions of increasing use of cytokine stimulants for hematologic disorders
- Includes practical genetic evaluations providing a deeper understanding and advances in management of bone marrow failure diseases
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of contributors
- About the Editors
- Preface to the seventh edition
- Preface to the sixth edition
- Preface to the fifth edition
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Introduction: Historic perspective (1955–2015)
- Chapter 1. Molecular and genomic methodologies for clinicians
- Chapter 2. Hematologic manifestations of systemic illness
- Chapter 3. Classification and diagnosis of anemia in children and neonates
- Chapter 4. Nutritional anemias
- Chapter 5. Lymphadenopathy and diseases of the spleen
- Chapter 6. Bone marrow failure
- Chapter 7. General considerations of hemolytic diseases, red cell membrane, and enzyme defects
- Chapter 8. Extracorpuscular hemolytic anemia
- Chapter 9. Hemoglobinopathies
- Chapter 10. Primary and secondary erythrocytosis
- Chapter 11. Disorders of white blood cells
- Chapter 12. Disorders of platelets
- Chapter 13. Disorders of coagulation
- Chapter 14. Vascular anomalies
- Chapter 15. Histiocytic disorders
- Chapter 16. Lymphoproliferative disorders
- Chapter 17. Myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative disorders
- Chapter 18. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Chapter 19. Acute myeloid leukemia
- Chapter 20. Hodgkin lymphoma
- Chapter 21. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Chapter 22. Central nervous system tumors
- Chapter 23. Neuroblastoma
- Chapter 24. Renal tumors
- Chapter 25. Rhabdomyosarcoma and other soft-tissue sarcomas
- Chapter 26. Malignant bone tumors
- Chapter 27. Retinoblastoma
- Chapter 28. Extracranial germ cell tumors
- Chapter 29. Hepatic tumors
- Chapter 30. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy
- Chapter 31. Management of oncologic emergencies
- Chapter 32. Supportive care of patients with cancer
- Chapter 33. Evaluation, investigations, and management of late effects of childhood cancer
- Chapter 34. Psychosocial factors impacting children with cancer and their families
- Chapter 35. Pediatric blood banking principles and transfusion medicine practices
- Appendix 1. Hematological reference values
- Index