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Hematologic Malignancies: Acute Leukemias

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Authors:
  1. E. H. Estey

    1. Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

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  2. S. H. Faderl

    1. Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

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  3. H. M. Kantarjian

    1. Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Hematologic Malignancies (HEMATOLOGIC)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Therapy of AML

      • Elihu Estey
      Pages 1-20

    3. Diagnosis and Classification of the Acute Myeloid Leukemias (with Discussion of the Role of the Myelodysplastic Syndromes in AML Pathogenesis)

      • David Head, Mary Ann Thompson
      Pages 21-46

    4. Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Epidemiology and Etiology

      • Barbara Deschler, Michael Lübbert
      Pages 47-56

    5. Relapsed and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

      • Syed Abutalib, Martin S. Tallman
      Pages 57-76

  3. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N3-N3
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    2. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Epidemiology and Etiology

      • Daniel Wartenberg, Frank D. Groves, Aaron S. Adelman
      Pages 77-93

    3. Molecular Biology and Genetics

      • Meir Wetzler, Kryzstof Mrózek
      Pages 95-108

    4. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Classification

      • Richard A. Larson, John Anastasi
      Pages 109-118

    5. Diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

      • Maher Albitar, Francis J. Giles, Hagop Kantarjian
      Pages 119-130

    6. General Approach to the Therapy of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

      • S. H. Faderl, H. M. Kantarjian
      Pages 131-135

    7. Recent Clinical Trials in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B

      • Richard A. Larson, Daohai Yu, Ben L. Sanford, Wendy Stock
      Pages 137-144

    8. Conventional Therapy in Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Review of the LALA Program

      • Xavier Thomas, Denis Fiere
      Pages 145-159

    9. ALL Therapy: Review of the MD Anderson Program

      • S. Faderl, D. A. Thomas, Hagop M. Kantarjian
      Pages 161-166

    10. Treatment of Adult ALL According to Protocols of the German Multicenter Study Group for Adult ALL (GMALL)

      • Nicola Gökbuget, Renate Arnold, Angelika Böhme, Rainer Fietkau, Matthias Freund, Arnold Ganser et al.
      Pages 167-176

    11. Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

      • Olga Sala-Torra, Jerald P. Radich
      Pages 177-189

    12. Burkitt’s Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (L3ALL) in Adults

      • Vincent Ribrag, Philippe Casassus, Pierre Fenaux
      Pages 191-202

    13. Treatment of Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in Adults

      • Nicola Gökbuget, Dieter Hoelzer
      Pages 203-214

    14. The Role of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in the Therapy of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

      • Partow Kebriaei, Richard Champlin
      Pages 215-228
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

    E. H. Estey, S. H. Faderl, H. M. Kantarjian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hematologic Malignancies: Acute Leukemias

  • Authors: E. H. Estey, S. H. Faderl, H. M. Kantarjian

  • Series Title: Hematologic Malignancies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72304-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42080-1Published: 13 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-72304-2Published: 21 November 2007

  • Series ISSN: 2197-9766

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9774

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 294

  • Topics: Oncology, Hematology

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