Lanzkowsky’s Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Lanzkowsky’s Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Seventh Edition remains the go-to clinical manual for the treatment and management of childhood cancers and blood disorders. It is a comprehensive book on patient management, replete with algorithms and flow diagrams, and includes a new section on vascular anomalies. Reflecting the considerable advances in the treatment and management of hematologic and oncologic diseases in children, the seventh edition of this successful clinical manual is entirely updated to incorporate all current treatment protocols, new drugs, and management approaches. Its concise and easy-to-read format, again, enables readers to make accurate diagnoses and treatment decisions without having to reference larger medical textbooks.

 

Features:

• Designed to be easily readable and highly practical with over 400 illustrative tables, along with color diagrams and figures
• New chapter on Pediatric Vascular Anomalies
• New content on ‘blood avoidance’ programs to honor religious preferences
• Discussions of new drugs and immunological therapies for cancers, along with discussions of increasing use of cytokine stimulants for hematologic disorders
• Includes practical genetic evaluations providing a deeper understanding and advances in management of bone marrow failure diseases

Table Of Contents:

1. Molecular and genomic methodologies for clinicians

2. Hematologic manifestations of systemic illness

3. Classification and diagnosis of anemia in children and neonates

4. Nutritional anemias

5. Lymphadenopathy and diseases of the spleen

6. Bone marrow failure

7. General considerations of hemolytic diseases, red cell membrane, and enzyme defects

8. Extracorpuscular hemolytic anemia

9. Hemoglobinopathies

10. Primary and secondary erythrocytosis

11. Disorders of white blood cells

12. Disorders of platelets

13. Disorders of coagulation

14. Vascular anomalies

15. Histiocytic disorders

16. Lymphoproliferative disorders

17. Myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative disorders

18. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

19. Acute myeloid leukemia

20. Hodgkin lymphoma

21. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

22. Central nervous system tumors

23. Neuroblastoma

24. Renal tumors

25. Rhabdomyosarcoma and other soft-tissue sarcomas

26. Malignant bone tumors

27. Retinoblastoma

28. Extracranial germ cell tumors

29. Hepatic tumors

30. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant and cellular therapy

31. Management of oncologic emergencies

32. Supportive care of patients with cancer

33. Evaluation, investigations, and management of late effects of childhood cancer

34. Psychosocial factors impacting children with cancer and their families

35. Pediatric blood banking principles and transfusion medicine practices