Full Description
Utilizes the proven Secrets Series format to present questions and answers in a convenient, readable, concise manner The text is intended to introduce the reader to the field of pediatric hematology/oncology.
Each chapter will emphasize diagnosis, clinical management, therapeutics, and innovative concepts for the future. Highlights of the text include the following chapters: experimental therapeutics, the application of bone marrow and stem cell transplants for pediatric patients, and genetic and molecular diagnostics. There is a section dealing with quality of life and death issues such as supportive care, psychosocial aspects of care of the child with cancer, palliative care, and management of the dying child. Other chapters relate and differentiate disease entities based upon the age of the patient, newborn through adolescent.Each topic covered will discuss diagnosis, clinical management, therapeutics, and innovative concepts for the future.
Concise answers that also feature the authors' pearls, tips, memory aids, and "secrets"
Bulleted lists and pertinent tables for quick review and reference
Succinct chapters written by experts in pediatric hematology and oncology
All the most important "need-to-know" questions and answers in the proven format of the highly acclaimed Secrets Series
Thorough, highly detailed index
Contents
Diagnostic Approach to Anemia in Childhood
Disorders of Hemoglobin, Normal Development
Sickle Cell Syndromes
Thalassemia Syndromes
Anemia Secondary to Enzyme Deficiencies
Anemia Secondary to Membrane Disorders
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Anemia Secondary to Nutritional Deficiencies
Neonatal Anemia
Normal Hemostasis
Neonatal Hemostasis
Disorders of Coagulation
Disorders of Platelets
Disorders of the Immune System
Disorders of Granulocyte Function and Granulopoiesis
Storage Disorders
Hematologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease
Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Principles and Practice of Childhood Cancer
Genetics, Molecular Genetrics
Principles of Chemotherapy
Principles of Surgical Oncology
Principles of Radition Oncology for Pediatric Malignancy
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Hodgkin's Disease
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Tumors of the Central Nervous System
Retinoblastoma
Hepatic Tumors
Wilms' Tumor
Neuroblastoma
Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Bone Tumors
Germ Cell Tumors
Oncologic Emergencies
Bone Marrow Transplant/PBSC
Principles of Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutic Supportive Care
Late Effects of Childhood Cancer
Psycho-social Aspects of Care of the child with Cancer
Palliative Care
Management of the Dying Child
