Full Description
Fully revised and updated for its second edition, Paediatric Haematology and Oncology provides an easily accessible source of information about all of the basic principles of childhood cancer and leukaemia, and detailed specialist knowledge on how to care for children with those conditions. Featuring new chapters on the biology of childhood leukaemia and central nervous system tumours, the book includes a greater focus on the rapidly expanding research in the biology and genetics of childhood malignancy, as well as new clinical treatments and more detail on various tumour types.
Logically split into 12 sections on different aspects of haematology and cancer to allow quick and easy reference, the book provides general principles of diagnosis and treatment, short- and long-term care, and oncological emergencies, before moving on to chapters on specific diseases. Normal values and useful websites are also included for reference.
Chapters have been expanded to feature more clinical images to aid in diagnosis and interpretation, making this second edition an invaluable companion for the trainee and consultant in paediatric haematology and oncology.
Contents
1 Introduction to paediatric haematology and oncology
1: Professor Mark Pearce: Epidemiology of childhood cancer
2: Professor Deborah Tweddle: Overview of biology and genetics of childhood cancer
3: Professor Alan Davidson: Paediatric oncology in the developing world
2 General approaches to suspected cancer
4: Dr Fiona Herd: Abdominal mass
5: Professor Simon Bailey: Initial diagnosis of brain tumours
6: Dr Geoff Shenton: The bleeding or bruising child
7: Dr Sunita Dhir: Lymphadenopathy
8: Dr Dipayan Mitra: Imaging of brain tumours
9: Dr Claire Gowdy and Dr Leigh McDonald: Imaging of non-CNS tumours
3 Haematological and oncological emergencies
10: Dr Simon Bomken, Dr Heather Lambert, Dr Anita Devlin, Dr Britta Vormoor, Dr Tina Biss, Professor Simon Bailey, and Professor Rod Skinner: Haematological and oncological emergencies
4 General principles
11: Professor Simon Bailey: Multimodality treatment
12: Professor Rod Skinner and Ms Lynzie Middleton: Systemic anticancer drugs
13: Dr Joanne Lewis: Paediatric radiotherapy
14: Dr Hany Gabra: Surgery
15: Professor Rod Skinner and Dr Wing Roberts: Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation
16: Sister Lisa Price: Clinical trials
5 Supportive care
17: Professor Marieke Emonts, Dr Lucia Pareja-Cebrian, and Professor Rod Skinner: Infection
18: Dr Peter Carey: Blood transfusion
19: Sister Kelley Mellett and Amanda Gerrard: Pain
20: Professor Simon Bailey, Professor Rod Skinner, Ms Fiona Court, Dr Heather Borrill, Mr Hany Gabra, Dr Peter Carey: Other aspects of supportive care
6 Long term follow up
21: Professor Rod Skinner: Long-term follow-up of childhood cancer survivors
7 Benign haematological diseases
22: Dr Peter Carey: Haemoglobinopathies
23: Dr Tina Biss: Haemostasis and thrombosis
24: Professor Rod Skinner: Bone marrow failure
25: Dr Peter Carey: Other non-malignant causes of peripheral blood cytopenias
8 Malignant haematological diseases
26: Dr Frederik Van Delft: Biology of childhood leukaemia
27: Professor Josef Vormoor: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
28: Dr Geoff Shenton, Dr Wing Roberts, and Professor Rod Skinner: Acute myeloid leukaemia
29: Professor Rod Skinner: Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage
30: Professor Rod Skinner: Myelodysplasia
31: Professor Rod Skinner: Chronic myeloid leukaemia and other chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms
32: Dr Simon Bomken: Lymphoma
9 Solid tumours
33: Professor Deborah Tweddle: Neuroblastoma
34: Dr Helen Jenkinson: Retinoblastoma
35: Dr Quentin Campbell-Hewson: Renal tumours
36: Dr Quentin Campbell-Hewson: Bone tumours
37: Dr Matthew Murray: Extracranial germ cell tumours
38: Dr Gail Halliday: Soft tissue sarcomas
39: Dr Gail Halliday: Liver tumours
10 Central nervous system tumours
40: Professor Steven Clifford: Biology of central nervous system tumours
41: Professor Simon Bailey and Professor Jeannette Parkes: Central nervous system tumours
11 Other conditions
42: Dr Kevin Windebank: Histiocytosis
43: Professor Bernadette Brennan: Rare tumours
12 New treatment strategies
44: Professor Darren Hargrave: New treatment strategies
