Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2001 & 2003

This definitive textbook on the biology, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of all forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas reflects an international, multidisciplinary approach to the topic. The editors and contributors have backgrounds in medical and radiation oncology, pathology, and molecular biology. The text offers complete coverage of the subject matter, with a blend of basic science and clinical aspects. Each disease is approached consistently, with coverage of pathology, biology, clinical evaluation, and selection of treatment.

Contents


Section I - Historical Aspects
1. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A History of Classification and Clinical Observations
2. The History of Chemotherapy of Lymphomas and Description of Early Trials
3. The History of Radiation Therapy of Lymphomas and Description of Early Trials

Section II - Diagnosis, Staging and Initial Evaluation
4. The Revised European-American (REAL) and World Health Organization (WHO) Classifications of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
5. Immunophenotyping in Lymphoma Diagnosis
6. Gray Zone, Synchronous and Metachronous Lymphomas: Disease at the Interface of Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas
7. Procedures for the Primary Diagnosis and Follow-up of Patients with Lymphoma
8. Initial Evaluation: Staging and Prognostic Factors
9. Diagnostic Radiology
10. Nuclear Medicine

Section III - Treatment Principles and Techniques
11. Principles of Radiation Therapy
12. Principles of Chemotherapy and Combined Modality Therapy
13. Biologic Therapy of Lymphoma

Section IV - Pathology, Biology, Clinical Evaluation and Selection of Treatment
14. Small B-lymphocytic Lymphoma/Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Prolymphocytic Leukemia
15. Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma and Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia
16. Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma
17. T-cell Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia, T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia, and Aggressive Killer-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
18. HTLV 1-associated Adult T-cell Lymphoma/Leukemia
19. Mycosis Fungoides
20. Cutaneous B-cell Lymphomas
21. CD30+ Cutaneous Lymphoproliferative Disease (anaplastic large cell lymphoma) and Lymphomatoid Papulosis
22. Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT Lymphoma)
23. Nodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma
24. Follicular Lymphoma
25. Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
26. Mature Nodal and Extra Nodal T-cell and NH Cell Lymphoma (Angioimmunoblastic Lymphoma, Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Unspecified, Nasal T/NK Cell Lymphoma, Subcutaneous Panniculitis Like T-cell Lymphoma, Enteropathy Type T-cell Lymphoma Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma)
27. Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
28. Primary Mediastinal Large B-cell Lymphoma
29. Mantle Cell Lymphoma
30. Burkitt's Lymphoma
31. Precursor B- and T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
32. Plasma Cell Neoplasms: Multiple Myeloma and Plasmacytoma

Part V - Late Effects
33. Second Cancers
34. Late Effects of Treatments After Lymphoma
35. Assessing the Quality of Life in Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Part VI - Special Topics
36. Management of Lymphoma in Children
37. Management of Lymphoma in the Elderly
38. Management of Lymphoma During Pregnancy
39. Management of HIV Related Lymphoma
40. Diagnosis and Management of Post-Transplant and Other Iatrogenic Immune Deficiency Lymphoproliferative Disorders
41. Management of Central Nervous System Lymphoma
42. Diagnosis and Management of Other Lymphoproliferative Disorders
43. Unique Aspects of Primary Extranodal Lymphomas

Part VII - Etiology, Epidemiology, and Biology
44. Overview of Etiology and Epidemiology of Lymphoma
45. Lymphoma and Abnormalities of the Immune System
46. Infectious Agents and Lymphoma
47. Developmental and Functional Biology of B Lymphocytes
48. Developmental and Functional Biology of T Lymphocytes
49. Cytogenetics of Lymphoma
50. Molecular Genetics of Lymphoma