ESMO Essentials for Clinicians Series: Lymphomas 2012

Contents
Preface vii
Contributors viii
Abbreviations x
Acknowledgments xi
A. What every oncologist/hematologist should know
1. The immune system 1
A Davies
2. Diagnosing lymphomas 7
D Soldini & L Mazzucchelli
3. The WHO lymphoma classification 13
A Carvajal-Cuenca & E Campo
4. Staging and response assessment in lymphoma patients 19
A Borra & A Gallamini
5. Common treatments for lymphoma 25
D Rodriguez-Abreu & M Provencio
6. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma 31
A Chiappella & U Vitolo
7. Follicular lymphoma 37
AA Moccia & M Ghielmini
8. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia / small lymphocytic lymphoma 43
S Norin & E Kimby
9. Mantle cell lymphoma 49
T Weiglein & M Dreyling
10. Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of MALT type 55
F Bertoni & E Zucca
11. Peripheral T-cell lymphomas 61
MB Pedersen & F d’Amore
12. Hodgkin lymphoma 67
DA Eichenauer & A Engert
B. More advanced knowledge
13. Etiology and epidemiology 73
L Costas & S de Sanjose
14. History of lymphoma classification 77
M Ponzoni & AJM Ferreri
15. Molecular biology of lymphomas 81
FE Cotter
16. New drugs and novel treatment strategies 85
G Hess
17. Cutaneous lymphoma 89
R Willemze
18. Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (extranodal) 93
V Ballova
19. Non-MALT marginal zone lymphomas 97
C Montalban
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20. Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma / Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia 101
E Kastritis & MA Dimopoulos
21. Burkitt lymphoma and lymphoblastic lymphoma 105
MA Fridrik
22. Extranodal lymphomas 109
AJM Ferreri & M Ponzoni
23. Lymphomas in the immunocompromised patient 113
S Montoto
Appendices
1. WHO Classification of Lymphomas 117
2. Prognostic indices 118
3. Selected treatment schedules 119
Image sources 124
Index 126
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