Understanding Leukaemia and Related Cancers

Understanding Leukaemia and Related Cancers communicates, in easily accessible language, the basics of these diseases, how they are treated and what the likely outcome might be. It is intended for a varied audience, including patients with leukaemia and their families, non–specialist doctors, medical students and allied health staff. It should help even the more experienced doctor to grasp in easily communicated terms the essence of the disease in terms understandable to the patient. There is a comprehensive glossary of terms, and an international listing of patient support groups.

Spis treści:
Foreword by José Carreras.
Foreword by Ray Powles.
Authors′ note.
Acknowledgements.
1 What is leukaemia?.
2 What happens in leukaemia?.
3 The different types of leukaemia.
4 Diagnosis of leukaemia.
5 The patient and the doctor.
6 The treatment of leukaemia.
7 Blood and bone marrow transplantation.
8 Future prospects.
Glossary.
Appendix 1.
Appendix 2.
Index

Nota biograficzna:
Tariq Mughal: graduated from St George’s Medical School, received post–graduate training at Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith.
John Goldman: graduated from Oxford University, received postgraduate training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith. He is a Past–President of the European Haematology Association, and Editor of the journal Bone Marrow Transplantation.

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Understanding Leukaemia and Related Cancers communicates, in easily accessible language, the basics of these diseases, how they are treated and what the likely outcome might be. It is intended for a varied audience, including patients with leukaemia and their families, non–specialist doctors, medical students and allied health staff. It should help even the more experienced doctor to grasp in easily communicated terms the essence of the disease in terms understandable to the patient. There is a comprehensive glossary of terms, and an international listing of patient support groups.