Rare Hematological Malignancies

Every practicing hematologist/oncologist or primary care physician intermittently encounters patients with uncommon or rare hematologic malignancies. Information concerning these diseases, and particularly regarding their management, is extremely difficult to find. Physicians will commonly spend a substantial period of time searching the medical literature for help or will call a colleague who may have greater expertise in the area.

This book covers malignant hematologic diseases that physicians will only occasionally see. It provides accurate, up-to-date information on the disease biology and practical recommendations concerning the disease management.

Chapters are written by experts in each disease (the very people others would turn to for advice) An indispensable resource for physicians who see and treat patients with blood-related cancers

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Polycythemia Vera and Other Polycythemia Syndromes.- Primary Myelofi brosis.- Essential Thrombocythemia.- Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia/ Hypereosinophilic Syndrome.- Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia.- The 5q Syndrome.- Rare Acute Leukemias.- Hairy Cell Leukemia.- Waldenstrom's Macrogloblinemia/ Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma.- Rare B-cell Lymphomas: Primary Mediastinal, Intravascular, and Primary Effusion Lymphoma.- Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis.- Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders.- Castleman Disease.- Rare T-Cell Lymphomas.- CD30+ Diseases: Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma and Lymphomatoid Papulosis.- Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma.- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.- Systemic Mastocytosis.