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Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

This manual is a concise, practical, up-to-date book for practitioners responsible for the care of children with hematologic and oncologic disease. It is specifically designed for… Read more

Description

This manual is a concise, practical, up-to-date book for practitioners responsible for the care of children with hematologic and oncologic disease. It is specifically designed for medical students, pediatric house staff, fellows in pediatric hematology-oncology seeking a systematic approach to these diseases and a guide in preparation for board examinations, and practicing hematologists and oncologists seeking another opinion and an approach to the diagnosis and management of these disorders. The book is replete with detailed tables, flow diagrams and algorithms for investigation and clinical management of these diseases. The basic orientation and intent of the book is clinical and the book reflects a uniform systematic approach to diagnosis and management of hematologic and oncologic diseases in children.

Key features

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@bul:* Reflects a uniform, systematic approach to diagnosis and management of hematologic and oncologic diseases in children
* Features numerous tables, flow diagrams, protocols and algorithms for easy acce

Readership

Medical students, pediatric residents, pediatric fellows in hematology/oncology, practicing hematologists and oncologists pediatric oncology nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants

Table of contents

Contributors.
Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Classification and Diagnosis of Anemia during Childhood.
Anemia during the Neonatal Period.
Iron-Deficiency Anemia.
Megaloblastic Anemia.
Hematologic Manifestations of Systemic Illness.
Bone Marrow Failure.
Hemolytic Anemia.
Polycythemia.
Disorders of the White Blood Cells.
Disorders of Platelets.
Hemostasis.
Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly.
Lympohproliferative Disorders and Myelodysplastic Syndromes.
Leukemias.
Hodgkin's Disease.
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Central Nervous System Malignancies.
Neuroblastoma.
Wilms' Tumor.
Rhabdomyosarcoma and Other Soft Tissue Sarcomas.
Malignant Bone Tumors.
Histiocytosis Syndromes.
Retinoblastoma.
Miscellaneous Tumors.
Bone Marrow Transplantation.
Supportive Care and Management of Oncologic Emergencies.
Late Effects of Childhood Cancer.
Appendix 1: Hematologic Reference Values.
Appendix 2: CD Antigen Designations.
Appendix 3: Biological Tumor Markers.
Appendix 4: Pharmacologic Properties of the Commonly Used Chemotherapy Agents.

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About the editor

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Philip Lanzkowsky

Dr. Philip Lanzkowsky was born in Cape Town on March 17, 1932 and graduated high school from the South African College and obtained his MB ChB degree from the University of Cape Town School of Medicine in 1954 and his Doctorate degree in 1959 for his thesis on Iron Deficiency Anemia In Children. He completed a pediatric residency at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town in 1960. After working in Pediatrics at the University of Edinburgh and at St Mary’s Hospital of the University of London, Dr. Lanzkowsky did a pediatric Hematology-Oncology fellowship at Duke University School of Medicine and at the University of Utah. In 1963 he was appointed Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Hematologist to the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital at the University of Cape Town and introduced Pediatric Hematology and Oncology as a distinct discipline. In 1965 he was appointed Director of Pediatric Hematology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the New York Hospital-Cornell University School of Medicine. In 1970 he was appointed Professor of Pediatrics and Chairman of Pediatrics at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and established a division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology which he directed until 2000. He was the founder of the Schneider Children’s Hospital, which he developed, planned, and was the hospital’s Executive Director and Chief of Staff from its inception in 1983 until 2010. Dr. Lanzkowsky has received numerous honors and awards and has lectured extensively at various institutions and medical schools in the United States and around the world. In addition to having been the author of five editions of the Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology used by clinicians worldwide, he is the author of How It All Began: The History of a Children’s Hospital and over 280 scientific papers, abstracts, monographs, and book chapters. Dr. Lanzkowsky’s medical writings have been prodigious. His seminal contributions to the medical literature have included the first description of the relationship of pica to iron-deficiency anemia (Arch. Dis Child., 1959), Effects of timing of clamping of umbilical cord on infant’s hemoglobin level (Br. Med. J., 1960), Normal oral D-xylose test values in children (New Engl. J. Med., 1963), Normal coagulation factors in women in labor and in the newborn (Thromboses at Diath. Hemorr., 1966), Erythrocyte abnormalities induced by malnutrition (Br. J. Haemat., 1967), Radiologic features in iron deficiency anemia (Am. J. Dis. Child., 1968), Isolated defect of folic acid absorption associated with mental retardation (Blood, 1969; Am. J. Med, 1970), Disaccharidase levels in iron deficiency (J. Pediat., 1981) and Hexokinase “New Hyde Park” in a Chinese kindred (Am. J. Hematol., 1981).
Affiliations and expertise
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Consultant, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Professor of Pediatrics, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, USA