Myelodysplastic syndromes
Subtitle: pathobiology and clinical management.
Contributors: Steensma, David P.
Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by David P. Steensma.
Series: Basic and clinical oncology -- 36
Publisher: Informa Healthcare USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781420074390
Subjects: Myelodysplastic syndromes; Myelodysplastic Syndromes -- physiopathology; Myelodysplastic Syndromes -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Myelodysplastic syndrome : historical aspects and classification / Steensma, Bennett; title: Epidemiology of MDS / Hamblin; title: Cytogenetics & molecular biology of MDS / Olney, Le Beau; title: Global genomic approaches to MDS / Pellagatti; title: The role of apoptosis in MDS / Yoshida; title: The role of mitochondria in MDS / Gattermann; title: Defects in iron metabolism and iron overload in MDS / Malcovati; title: Therapy-related MDS and myeloid leukemia / Godley, Larson; title: Diagnosis of MDS : criteria and challenges / Orazi; title: Hypocellular MDS and hypocellulcar acute myeloid leukemias : relationship to aplastic anemia / Tomonaga, Hata; title: Diagnostic utility of flow cytometry / Wells; title: Deletion 5q and 5q-syndrome in MDS / Boultwood; title: CMML and MDS-MPD overlap syndromes / Nguyen, Hanson; title: MDS in children / Hasle, Niemeyer; title: Prognostic factors in the assessment of patients with MDS / Aul, Giagounidis, Germing; title: Therapeutic strategies : the approsch to care of patients w/MDS, and criteria for response / Gardin, Ades, Fenaux; title: Management of cytopenias in MDS / Malcovati, Hellstroem-Lindberg, Bowen; title: Immune dysregulation and the role for immunotherapy in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) / Hussein, Steensma; title: Lenalidomide therapy in MDS / Komrokji, Giagounidis, List; title: DNA methyltransferase inhibitor therapy in MDS / Gore; title: Intensive chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation in MDS / De Witte, Sanz.