Neoplastic Diseases of the Blood

Part I. Chronic Leukemias and Related Disorders: 1. A history of the chronic leukemias; 2. Epidemiology of the chronic leukemias; 3. Pathology and morphology of chronic leukemias and related disorders; 4. Molecular biology and cytogenetics of chronic myeloid leukemia; 5. Diagnosis and treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia; 6. Molecular biology and cytogenetics of chronic lymphocytic leukemia; 7. Diagnosis and treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia; 8. Diagnosis and treatment of hairy cell leukemia; 9. The pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of polycythaemia vera; 10. Diagnosis and treatment of essential thrombocythemia and chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis; Part II. Acute Leukemias: 11. Historical perspectives; 12. Human t-cell lymphoma/leukemia virus associated t-cell lymphoma and leukemia; 13. Epidemiology and hereditary aspects of acute leukemia; 14. Classification of the acute leukemias: cytochemical and morphologic considerations; 15. Immunobiology of acute leukemia; 16. Cytogenetics of acute leukemia; 17. Diagnosis and treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia; 18. Diagnosis and treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia; 19. Diagnosis and treatment of childhood acute myelogenous leukemia; 20. Diagnosis and treatment of adult acute myeloid leukemia other than acute promyelocytic leukemia; 21. Acute promyelocytic leukemia; 22. Therapy-related acute myelogenous leukemia; 23. Myelodysplastic syndromes; Part III. Myeloma and Related Disorders: 24. History of multiple myeloma; 25. Cytokines and signal transduction in multiple myeloma; 26. Epidemiology of multiple myeloma; 27. Immunoglobins and laboratory recognition of monoclonal proteins; 28. Cytogenetic abnormalities in the monoclonal gammopathies; 29. Molecular genetics in multiple myeloma and related disorders; 30. Staging, kinetics and prognosis in multiple myeloma; 31. Diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma; 32. Syndromes and special presentations associated with plasma cell myeloma; 33. Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemias; 34. Heavy-chain disease; 35. Amyloidosis; 36. Monoclonal gammopathies of undetermined significance; Part IV. Lymphoma: 37. Historical overview of malignant lymphoma; 38. Etiology of lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease; 39. Epidemiology and hereditary aspects of malignant lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease; 40. Pathology of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and Hodgkin's disease; 41. Immunology of the lymphomas; 42. Cytogenetics of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin disease; 43. Diagnosis and treatment of Hodgkin's disease; 44. Radiotherapeutic management of lymphomas; 45. Diagnosis and treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of adults; 46. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of childhood; 47. Lymphoma in other diseases; Part V. Supportive Care: 48. Historical perspectives; 49. Prevention of infection in patients with hematological malignancies; 50. Evaluation and management of bacterial and fungal infections occurring in patients with hematological malignancy; 51. Viral infections in patients with hematological malignancies; 52. Therapeutic cytapheresis and plasma exchange; 53. Red cell transfusions in patients with hematologic malignancies; 54. Platelet and granulocyte transfusion; 55. Stem cell processing and purging; 56. Alternative sources of hemopoietic stem cells and their clinical applications; 57. Umbilical cord stem cell transplantation; 58. HLA typing in hematopoietic cell transplantation; 59. Special care of blood and marrow stem cell transplant patients; 60. Hematopoietic growth factors in the supportive care and treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies; 61. Bleeding and thrombosis in hematologic neoplasia; 62. Psychological aspects of hematological malignancies.