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