Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders Book

Pt. 1	History and epidemiology	1
1	History of multiple myeloma	3
2	Epidemiology and etiology of plasma cell neoplasms	15
Pt. 2	Biology and pathophysiology	27
3	The immune system in myeloma	29
4	Molecular biology and cytogenetics	46
5	Biology of the malignant plasma cell	58
6	Pathophysiology of myeloma bone disease	74
Pt. 3	Clinical features, diagnosis, and investigation	89
7	Clinical features	91
8	Hematologic investigations : morphologic and phenotypic features of myeloma marrow diagnosis	102
9	Biochemical and immunological investigations	125
10	The role of imaging in multiple myeloma	155
11	Innovative approaches for diagnosis and monitoring	164
12	Multiple myeloma : differential diagnosis and prognosis	179
Pt. 4	Treatment of myeloma	201
13	Principles of management	203
14	Chemotherapy, steroids, and interferon	220
15	Radiotherapy	241
16	Autologous stem cell transplantation	250
17	Allogeneic transplantation and treatment with donor lymphocytes	260
18	Supportive care	275
19	Biological basis of therapy : new molecular targets	292
20	Immunotherapeutic approaches	305
Pt. 5	Complications	317
21	Management of bone disease	319
22	Management of myeloma patients with renal failure	339
23	Neurologic aspects of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, multiple myeloma, and related disorders	350
Pt. 6	Related disorders	367
24	Monoclonal gammopathies of undetermined significance : the transition from MGUS to myeloma	369
25	Solitary bone and extramedullary plasmacytoma	379
26	Plasma cell leukaemia	388
27	AL amyloldosis	400
28	Heavy-chain diseases	420
29	Waldenstrom's disease	429