Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 204 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511551901
Content:
Due to major advances in understanding the biology and pathogenesis of the disease, the management of multiple myeloma is changing rapidly. New diagnostic and prognostic criteria have been introduced, and treatment options are multiplying with high-dose chemotherapy regimens, stem cell transplants, and the development of novel agents and immune-based strategies that target tumor cells directly. This book is aimed at the practitioner who is looking to put these advances into clinical context. It will serve as an up-to-date resource for treatment of myeloma and related disorders. Chapters are written by international authorities and contain color photos, diagrams, and algorithms outlining preferred treatment strategies. Relevant scientific information is integrated throughout, but the focus here is on providing practical therapeutic guidance for oncologists and hematologists caring for myeloma patients. The book covers all myeloma subtypes and related disorders, including amyloidosis, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, plasmacytoma, MGUS, and POEMS syndrome
Content:
Diagnosis and genetic classification of multiple myeloma / Rafael Fonseca and P. Leif Bergsagel -- Staging and risk-stratification of multiple myeloma / A. Keith Stewart -- Treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma / S. Vincent Rajkumar and Robert A. Kyle -- Maintenance therapy in multiple myeloma / Sagar Lonial and Jonathan L. Kaufman -- Treatment of relapsed and relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma / Marc S. Raab, Paul G. Richardson, and Kenneth C. Anderson -- Diagnosis and treatment of myeloma bone disease / G. David Roodman -- Treatment of myeloma-related complications / Joan Bladé and Laura Rosiñol -- Autologous transplantation for multiple myeloma / J.-L. Harousseau -- Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma / William I. Bensinger -- Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis / Morie A. Gertz and Suzanne R. Hayman -- Waldenström's macroglobulinemia/lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma / Steven P. Treon and Giampaolo Merlini -- Diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management of solitary plasmacytoma / Meletios A. Dimopoulos and Efstathios Kastritis -- Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and smoldering multiple myeloma / Robert A. Kyle and S. Vincent Rajkumar -- Diagnosis and treatment of Poems syndrome / Angela Dispenzieri
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521515030
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521515030
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511551901
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