Main description:

This book provides an overview of our current understanding of the pathogenesis of the plasma cell neoplasms and comprehensively updates the reader on the laboratory techniques used in the diagnosis and prognostication of these malignancies as well as for monitoring response to therapy. Plasma Cell Neoplasms: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Laboratory Evaluation will be of great value to those medical professionals directly involved in the evaluation and diagnosis of clinical materials from patients with plasma cell neoplasms, including surgical pathologists, hematopathologists, and clinical pathologists.

Contents:

Plasma Cell Neoplasms: Pathologic and Laboratory Evaluation and Diagnosis

Chapter

Author/s

1. Introduction

Marwan Yared, M.D. and Robert Lorsbach, M.D.

2. Clinical features, management, and therapy of plasma cell neoplasms: what pathologists need to know

Giampaolo Talamo, M.D., Cerisse Harcourt, A.P.N, and Maurizio Zangari, M.D. (corresponding)

3. Morphologic and immunohistochemical evaluation of plasma cell neoplasms

Robert Lorsbach, M.D., Ph.D.

Soumya Pandey, M.D.

4. Cytogenetics of plasma cell neoplasms

Jeffrey Sawyer, Ph.D.

5. Flow cytometric analysis in the diagnosis and prognostication of plasma cell neoplasms

Pei Lin, M.D.

6. Renal manifestations of plasma cell neoplasms

L. Nicholas Cossey, M.D. and Shree Sharma, M.D. (corresponding)