ABSTRACT

This comprehensive and authoritative reference covers all aspects of the group of disorders collectively known as the lymphoid neoplasms. The reader is taken through a description of its normal cellular origins and the molecular genetic abnormalities that can lead to this group of conditions, a section of the book that has been considerably strengt

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PART 1 INTRODUCTION Editor: Ian T. Magrath

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PART 3

chapter 9|13 pages

Overview of the immune system

chapter 11|22 pages

Ontogeny of B cells

chapter 14|12 pages

Biology of plasma cells

chapter 15|17 pages

Interleukins and lymphoid neoplasia

BRIAN F SKINNIDER AND TAK W MAK

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PART 4

chapter 18|20 pages

Classification of lymphoid neoplasms

HK MÜLLER-HERMELINK AND E HARALAMBIEVA

chapter 21|9 pages

Molecular basis of chromosomal translocation

PHM KLUIN AND JEJ GUIKEMA

chapter 25|15 pages

Chronic inflammation, including autoimmunity, and lymphomagenesis

SA PILERI, C AGOSTINELLI, C CAMPIDELLI, F BACCI, E SABATTINI, M GIUNTI, A PILERI, M PICCIOLI, S RIGHI, M ROSSI, C FERRI AND PP PICCALUGA

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PART 5

chapter 28|11 pages

Hairy cell leukemia

chapter 29|17 pages

Mantle cell lymphoma

chapter 30|14 pages

Marginal zone lymphomas

chapter 31|25 pages

Follicular lymphoma

chapter 32|22 pages

Burkitt lymphoma

chapter 35|25 pages

Plasma cell neoplasms

MW JENNER AND GJ MORGAN

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PART 6

chapter 40|13 pages

Presenting features of lymphoid neoplasms

S MONTOTO AND TA LISTER

chapter 48|4 pages

Imaging lymphomas in developing countries

ALI NAWAZ KHAN

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PART 7

chapter 51|16 pages

Role of radiation therapy

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PART

chapter 66|15 pages

Marginal zone lymphomas

chapter 67|28 pages

Follicular lymphoma

AZS ROHATINER

chapter 68|19 pages

Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia in children

C PATTE

chapter 72|19 pages

Hodgkin lymphoma in adults

chapter 74|30 pages

Plasma cell neoplasms

G COOK AND J ASHCROFT

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PART 9

chapter 87|17 pages

Cellular therapies for lymphoma

CATHERINE M BOLLARD, CLIONA M ROONEY AND HELEN E HESLOP

chapter 88|12 pages

Vaccine therapies

H QIN, SS NEELAPU, A WOO, SC CHA AND LW KWAK

chapter 89|13 pages

Lymphoma microenvironment

B HERREROS, A SANCHEZ-AGUILERA AND MA PIRIS