Chronic lymphoid leukemias

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Cheson Bruce D., 1946-
Published: M. Dekker,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2001.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed. rev. and expanded
Series: Basic and clinical oncology ; 26
Subjects:
Item Description: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Carrier Form: xiv, 623 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 0824705432 (alk. paper)
Index Number: R733
CLC: R733.72
Call Number: R733.72/C557/2nd.ed.
Contents: Rev. ed. of: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia. c1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History of chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Molecular biology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: epidemiological, familial, and genetic aspects -- The origin and nature of the chronic lymphocytic leukemia lymphocyte -- Immunoglobulin variable region gene charcteristics and surface membrane phenotype define B-CLL subgroups with distrinct clinical courses -- Apoptois dysregulatin in chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Cytokines and regulatory molecules in the patogenesis and clinical course of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Randomized trials: what do they teach us about chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment? -- Genetic approaches to the therapy of chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Combination strategies for purine nucleoside analogs -- Differential diagnosis of the chronic β-cell lymphoid leukemias -- Prognostic factors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Initial approach to the patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Management of the patient with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- The use of therapeutic monoclonal antibiodies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Genomic aberrations in β-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Developing risk-adapted treatment strategies for chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- High-dose therapy and stem cell support n chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Finding new therapies for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Autoimmune disease and its managment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Richter's syndrome -- Supportive care in chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Infections in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: pathogenesis, sprectrum, and therapeuitc approaches -- Prolymphocytic leukemia of β- and T-cell types: biology and therapy -- Chronic T-cell and NK-cell leukemias -- Current concepts in the management of hairy cell leukemia -- Psychological aspects of chronic lymphoid leukemia.