ABSTRACT

Tumors and Cancers: Endocrine Glands – Blood – Marrow – Lymph provides succinct reviews of neoplastic growths disrupting normal functions of affected structures. Each chapter presents a state of the art summary of tumor/cancer of a particular type in relation to its biology, epidemiology, disease mechanisms, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

chapter 1|6 pages

Introductory Remarks

section I|72 pages

Endocrine System

chapter 2|6 pages

Adrenal Tumors

chapter 3|8 pages

Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors

chapter 4|6 pages

Parathyroid Tumors

chapter 5|8 pages

Pituitary Tumors

chapter 6|6 pages

Thyroid Tumors

chapter 7|6 pages

Carney Complex

chapter 8|6 pages

Li-Fraumeni Syndrome

chapter 9|6 pages

Mahvash Disease

chapter 10|6 pages

McCune–Albright Syndrome

chapter 11|6 pages

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

chapter 12|6 pages

Von Hippel–Lindau Syndrome

section II|124 pages

Hematopoietic and Lymphoreticular Systems

chapter 13|10 pages

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)

chapter 14|8 pages

Mastocytosis

chapter 17|8 pages

Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

chapter 18|8 pages

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

chapter 22|10 pages

Mature B-Cell Neoplasms

chapter 23|6 pages

Hairy Cell Leukemia

chapter 24|8 pages

Mature T and NK Neoplasms

chapter 25|6 pages

Hodgkin Lymphoma