Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gertz, Morie A. (Editor), Rajkumar, S. Vincent (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Hematology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and biology of multiple myeloma and related plasma disorders.  Edited and written by a multidisciplinary group of recognized authorities from the Mayo Clinic, it presents clear guidelines on diagnosis and therapy and covers...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Criteria for Diagnosis and Response
• 2. Detection of M proteins
• 3. Pathology Of Multiple Myeloma
• 4. Pathogenesis of Multiple Myeloma
• 5. Staging of Multiple Myeloma
• 6. Molecular Classification and Risk Stratification
• 7. Monoclonal Gammopathies of Undetermined Significance and Smoldering Multiple Myeloma
• 8. Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
• 9. Approach to Relapsed Refractory Myeloma
• 10. Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in the Management of Multiple Myeloma
• 11. Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
• 12. New Agents For Multiple Myeloma
• 13. Biological Therapy for Multiple Myeloma
• 14. Management of Treatment Complications and Supportive Care
• 15. POEMS Syndrome (Takatsuki Syndrome)
• 16. Solitary Plasmacytoma
• 17. Myeloma Bone Disease
• 18. Vertebral Augmentation
• 19. The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma, Plasmacytoma and Other Plasma Cell Disorders
• 20. Neurologic Complications of Myeloma
• 21. Myeloma Cast Nephropathy
• 22. Amyloidosis
• 23. IgM Multiple Myeloma
• 24. Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia.