This is the first prize winner in Haematology category of British Medical Association Medical Book Awards 2004! Completely revised and updated, the "3rd Edition" of this premier resource provides cutting-edge coverage of the epidemiology, immunology, and haematology of myeloma - all in one convenient reference. A team of leading international authorities in myeloma research present a worldwide perspective on the most recent developments in management and therapeutic options, as well as the latest clinical understanding of the disease.
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1. Immunoglobulins (D.E. Joshua) 2. Antibody-secreting Cells and their Origins (Selina Chen-Kiang) 3. Molecular Biology of Multiple Myeloma (P. Leif Bergsagel, Michael Kuehl) 4. Cytokins, Cytokine Receptors and Signal Transduction in Human Multiple Myeloma (Kenneth Anderson, D. Chauhan, Teru Hideshima) 5. Cytogenetics of Multiple Myeloma (Rafael Fonseca) 6. Molecular Profiling of Myeloma (Keith Stewart, John Shaughnessy) 7. Multiple Myeloma: A History (Robert Kyle, D.P. Steensma) 8. Epidemiology of Myeloma (Anneclaire DeRoos, Dalsu Baris, Lisa J. Herrinton) 9. Clinical Presentation, Laboratory Diagnosis and Indications for Treatment (James Malpas, Jamie Cavenagh) 10. Radiologic Features of Multiple Myeloma (Lia A. Molopolous, Meletious Dimopoulos) 11. Prognostic Factors (Jesus San Miguel) 12. Conventional-dose Chemotherapy of Myeloma (Daniel Bergsagel, A. Keith Stewart) 13. High-Dose Therapy (Faith Davies, Anthony Childs) 14. Novel Agents for Multiple Myeloma (Teru Hideshima, Paul Richardson, Kenneth Anderson) 15. Management of Skeletal Complications (James Berenson) 16. Management of Renal, Infectious and Hematologic Complications (Joan Blade) 17. Neurological Manifestations of Myeloma and their Management (Jeffrey Gawler) 18. Myeloma: Patient and Caregiver (Michael Katz, Karin Isgur Bergsagel, Daniel Bergsagel) 19. Monoclonal Gammopathies of Undetermined Significance (Robert Kyle, S. Vincent Rajkumar) 20. Plasmacytoma (James Malpas, Jamie Cavenagh) 21. Amyloidosis (Philip Hawkins) 22. Heavy-Chain Diseases (Dietland Wahner-Roedler, Robert Kyle) 23. Waldenstrom's Macroglbulinemia (Robert Kyle, Rafael Fonseca)
