Main description:

Lanzkowsky's Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Sixth Edition, is a comprehensive book on patient management, replete with algorithms and flow diagrams on diagnosis and management. Reflecting the considerable advances in the treatment and management of hematologic and oncologic diseases in children, the sixth edition of this successful clinical manual has been entirely updated to incorporate all current treatment protocols, new drugs, and management approaches. Its concise and easy-to-read format will enable readers to make accurate diagnoses and permit them to treat patients without having to reference larger medical textbooks.

Based on the new standards of genetic classification and prognostic information that have arisen in the past five years, the sixth edition includes two new chapters (Diagnostic, Molecular, and Genomic Methodologies for the Hematologist, Transfusion Medicine) and several new expanded chapters that were previously sections in consolidated chapters (Myelodysplasia, Myeloid Leukemias, Lymphoid Leukemias, Hemolytic Anemia, and Disorders of Coagulation).

Contents:

1. Diagnostic, Molecular and Genomic Methodologies for the Hematologist / Oncologist
Vijay G. Sankaran
2. Hematologic Manifestations of Systemic Illness
Lawrence C. Wolfe
3. Classification and Diagnosis of Anemia in Children
Lanzkowsky Philip
4. Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly
Lanzkowsky Philip
5. Anemia During the Neonatal Period
Lanzkowsky Philip
6. Iron-Deficiency Anemia
Lanzkowsky Philip
7. Megaloblastic Anemia
Lanzkowsky Philip
8. Bone Marrow Failure
Jeffrey M. Lipton and Adrianna Vlachos
9. Hemolytic Anemia
Lawrence C. Wolfe
10. Red Cell Membrane and Enzyme Defects
Lionel Blanc and Lawrence C. Wolfe
11. Hemoglobinopathies
Janet L. Kwiatkowski
12. Polycythemia
Josef T. Prchal and Tsewang Tashi
13. Disorders of White Blood Cells
Mary Ann Bonilla and Jill S. Menell
14. Disorders of Platelets
James B. Bussel
15. Disorders of Coagulation
Suchitra S. Acharya
16. Lymphoproliferative Disorders
David T. Teachey
17. Myelodysplasia
Charlotte Niemeyer and M. Tarek Elghetany
18. Lymphoid leukemias
William L. Carroll and Teena Bhatla
19. Myeloid leukemias
Arlene Sara Redner and Rachel Markowitz Kessel
20. Histiocytosis Syndromes
Robert J. Arceci
21. Hodgkin Lymphoma
Debra L. Friedman
22. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Howard Weinstein and Mary S. Huang
23. Central Nervous System Malignancies
Mark P. Atlas
24. Neuroblastoma
Bagatell Rochelle and Julie R. Park
25. Renal Tumors
Jeffrey Dome
26. Rhabdomyosarcoma and Other Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
Carolyn Fein Levy and Leonard H. Wexler
27. Malignant Bone Tumors
Noah Federman
28. Retinoblastoma
Ann-Marie Leahey
29. Germ Cell Tumors
Thomas A. Olson
30. Hepatic Tumors
Thomas A. Olson
31. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Indira Sahdev and Hisham Abdel-Azim
32. Management of Oncological Emergencies
Susan R. Rheingold
33. Supportive Care of Patients with Cancer
James H. Feusner and Anurag K. Agrawal
34. Evaluation, Investigation and Management of Late Effects
Jonathan D. Fish
35. Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer for Children and Their Families
Meg Tippy
36. Transfusion Medicine
Naomi L. C. Luban