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A thorough overview of the four main types of leukemia (acute and chronic myeloid, acute lymphoblastic and chronic lymphocytic), with superb explanatory illustrations. Covering all aspects of the disease, from a detailed description of hematopoiesis and what goes wrong in leukemia, through the tests and interventions, to the management of emergency complications, this highly readable primer is the ideal resource for primary care providers, specialist nurses and oncology/hematology trainees wanting to know more.

Leukemia. --- Leucaemia --- Leucemia --- Leucocythaemia --- Leucocythemia --- Leucosis --- Leukaemia --- Leukosis --- Anemia --- Cancer --- Leucocytosis --- Preleukemia

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Medical professionals and researchers in the field of leukemias are faced with the need to continuously update their knowledge in a wide range of areas, ranging from fundamental molecular processes and mechanisms to a thorough understanding of clinical features and modern approaches to achieve maximum therapeutic results. This book does not have the ambition to present comprehensively the problems of leukemias, but it is an attempt to acquaint the audience of specialists involved in clinical management and experimental research with some modern advances and concepts in the three main directions: biology, clinical presentation and treatment. The biological aspects of the origin, development and therapy resistance of leukemias are within the scope of the first section. Comprehensive and concise information on the clinical assessment and treatment of leukemia patients is provided, as well as on some specific interdisciplinary clinical scenarios such as leukemic retinopathy, in the second section. Finally, challenges, current standards and recent advances in the therapy of acute leukemias comprise the third section of the book.

Leukemia --- Treatment. --- Diagnosis. --- Leucaemia --- Leucemia --- Leucocythaemia --- Leucocythemia --- Leucosis --- Leukaemia --- Leukosis --- Anemia --- Cancer --- Leucocytosis --- Preleukemia

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Leukemias are a group of heterogeneous neoplastic disorders, that differ significantly in terms of morhological, immunophenotypic, cytogenetic and molecular features of malignant cells. These specific features reflect the differences in the spectrum of underlying biological alterations involved in malignant transformation, and/or variations in the level of hematopoietic stem cells hierarchy where the transforming events occur. The continuous and rather extensive influx of new information regarding the pathogenesis and treatment of leukemias requires a frequent updating of this topic. The primary objective of this book is to provide the specialists involved in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic leukemias with a comprehensive and concise information on some important theoretical and practical issues of the biology and clinical presentation, the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of patients with leukemias.

Leukemia. --- Hematology. --- Haematology --- Internal medicine --- Blood --- Leucaemia --- Leucemia --- Leucocythaemia --- Leucocythemia --- Leucosis --- Leukaemia --- Leukosis --- Anemia --- Cancer --- Leucocytosis --- Preleukemia --- Diseases --- Oncology

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Better therapy of acute leukemias depends ultimately on better understanding of the distinction between leukemic and normal progenitor cells. Thus, several chapters in this volume describe current knowledge of acute leukemia biology and discuss new classification systems that have arisen consequent to emerging insights into pathogenesis. Treatment has also improved for particular types of acute leukemia. Given our intention that the book be useful to clinicians, we pay particular attention to these advances, to management of acute leukemia in general, and to development of new therapies.

Acute leukemia. --- Leukemia. --- Leucaemia --- Leucemia --- Leucocythaemia --- Leucocythemia --- Leucosis --- Leukaemia --- Leukosis --- Anemia --- Cancer --- Leucocytosis --- Preleukemia --- Leukemia --- Oncology  . --- Hematology. --- Oncology. --- Haematology --- Internal medicine --- Blood --- Tumors --- Diseases