Myelodysplastic Syndromes

• Main Authors: Deeg, H. Joachim. (Author), Bowen, David T. (Author), Gore, Steven D. (Author), Haferlach, Torsten. (Author), Le Beau, Michelle M. (Author), Niemeyer, Charlotte. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Series: Hematologic Malignancies
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Hematology.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Transplant Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36229-3

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) have been studied intensively in recent years and knowledge of the disease process and underlying molecular defects in MDS has expanded rapidly.� With the aging of populations and the concurrent increase in the diagnosis of MDS, these findings are of central clinical...

Table of Contents:

• Clincial Presentation and Differential Diagnosis
• Epidemiology and Etiology
• Cytogenetic Diagnosis of Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• MDS Stem Cell� Biology
• The Biology of Myelodysplastic Syndrome Associated with Isolated del(5q)
• Other
• Overlap with MPN
• Classification and Staging of Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Immunophenotyping in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
• Prognostic Models for Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Low Risk MDS
• Management of High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
• MDS in Children.