Pathogenesis and Treatment of Leukemia

This book covers a comprehensive update on acute and chronic leukemia. In 54 chapters, authors introduce research progress and clinical trials of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL), acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The last decade has seen the integration of genetic and clinical information to determine the prognosis and treatment strategies.
This book provides practitioners, researchers and graduate students of Hematology and Hematopathology a comprehensive update on the pathobiology, genomics, classification, diagnosis, monitoring, prognostication and therapy of both acute and chronic leukemias.

Dr. Gill Harinder is principal investigator in the Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong.

Professor Yok-Lam Kwong is Chief of the Division of Haematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.