Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Pinkerton, Ross; Matthay, Katherine; Shankar, A. G.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The new and updated edition of the renowned reference for pediatric oncologists This groundbreaking text on the management of childhood cancers covers most tumor types occurring in children and young adults and provides reviews of randomized trials with commentaries on the optimum treatments for childhood cancer. Updated with evidence from the latest published reviews--and even more clinically focused than previous editions-- Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology, Third Edition places an emphasis on application of the trial findings. With increased coverage of the area of supportive care for pediatric cancer patients, each chapter opens with an expert commentary on the key clinical issues followed by a summary of trial findings. Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology, Third Edition: * Presents evidence for the best treatment of children and adolescents with cancer * Includes commentaries from the world's leading experts for every topic discussed * Is internationally relevant thanks to contributions from the UK, US, Canada and Australia * Places greater emphasis on supportive care and features a new extended section on antibiotic and antifungal treatments Based on information gathered from randomized trials performed after the release of the Second Edition, readers will find Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology to be an important resource for all those treating young people with cancer.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118625323
• Artikelnr.: 37758466

Autorenporträt

Edited by Ross Pinkerton, MB, BCh, BaO, MD, Executive Director, Division of Oncology, Royal Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Ananth Shankar, MD, FRCPCH, Consultant in Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Katherine K. Matthay, BA, MD, Mildred V. Strouss Professor of Translational Oncology, Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
vii Preface
ix List of abbreviations
x About the companion website
xv Part 1: Solid tumors 1 Rhabdomyosarcoma
3 Katherine K. Matthay (Commentary by Meriel Jenney) 2 Osteosarcoma
14 Katherine K. Matthay (Commentary by Maria Michelagnoli) 3 Ewing sarcoma
25 Katherine K. Matthay (Commentary by Steven G. DuBois) 4 Wilms tumor
34 Ananth Shankar (Commentary by Kathy Pritchard-Jones) 5 Neuroblastoma
47 Katherine K. Matthay (Commentary by Katherine K. Matthay) 6 Hepatoblastoma
58 Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Penelope Brock) 7 Malignant germ cell tumors
65 Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Ross Pinkerton) 8 Medulloblastoma
69 Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Eric Bouffet) 9 Glioma
81 Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Joann L. Ater) 10 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
88 Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Ross Pinkerton) 11 Hodgkin lymphoma
105 Ross Pinkerton (Commentary by Cindy L. Schwartz) Part 2: Leukemia Section 1: Acute myeloid leukemia 12 Acute myeloid leukemia commentary
119 Robert J. Arceci 13 Remission induction in acute myeloid leukemia
126 Ananth Shankar 14 Acute myeloid leukemia consolidation
135 Ananth Shankar 15 Maintenance treatment in acute myeloid leukemia
137 Ananth Shankar 16 Autologous bone marrow transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia
141 Ananth Shankar 17 Acute myeloid leukemia: miscellaneous
144 Ananth Shankar Section 2: Childhood lymphoblastic leukemia 18 Childhood lymphoblastic leukemia commentary
146 Vaskar Saha 19 Remission induction in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia
154 Ananth Shankar 20 Central nervous system-directed therapy in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia
168 Ananth Shankar 21 Maintenance treatment in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia
180 Ananth Shankar 22 Relapsed childhood lymphoblastic leukemia
198 Ananth Shankar 23 Postinduction therapy in adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
204 Ananth Shankar Part 3: Supportive care in pediatric oncology 24 Colony-stimulating factors
209 Ananth Shankar (Commentary by Victoria Grandage) 25 Cardioprotection in pediatric oncology
230 Ananth Shankar (Commentary by Gill A. Levitt) 26 Infections in pediatric and adolescent oncology
243 Ananth Shankar and Sara Stoneham (Commentary by Julia E. Clark) Index
269