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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457743603321

Titolo

Emerging cancer therapeutics . Volume 2, issue 2 Leukemia [[electronic resource] /] / Uday R. Popat, guest editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Demos Medical, c2011

ISBN

1-283-29339-0

9786613293398

1-935281-42-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Emerging cancer therapeutics, , 2151-4194 ; ; v. 2, issue 2

Altri autori (Persone)

PopatUday R

Disciplina

616.99/419

Soggetti

Leukemia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hematopathology and diagnostic studies in leukemia / Carlos Bueso-Ramos and Wesley Greaves -- Acute myeloid leukemia / Roland B. Walter and Elihu H. Estey -- Chronic myeloid leukemia / Elias Jabbour, Hagop Kantarjian, and Jorge Cortes -- Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia / Anna Z. Castleton and Adele K. Fielding -- Acute promyelocytic leukemia / Martin Tallman -- The myelodysplastic syndromes / Yanis Boumber and Guillermo Garcia-Manero -- Myelofibrosis / Fabio P.S. Santos and Srdan Verstovsek -- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia / Preetesh Jain and Kanti R. Rai -- Reduced-intensity allogeneic transplantation / Uday Popat -- Alternative donor transplantation for adult leukemia / Melhem Solh and Navneet S. Majhail -- Immunotherapy for leukemia / Caroline Arber, Barbara Savoldo, and Gianpietro Dotti -- Novel and targeted therapies in leukemia / Amber Fullmer, Hagop Kantarjian, and Elias Jabbour -- Infections in patients with leukemia / Shashank S. Ghantoji and Roy F. Chemaly.

Sommario/riassunto

This issue of Emerging Cancer Therapeutics provides a comprehensive review for practitioners on the current status of leukemia treatment. Leukemia treatment has undergone major change over the course of the past few years and Leukemia address