Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia -- A Brief History -- 2 Bcr-Abl and Signal Transduction -- 3 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Biology of Advanced Phase -- 4 Clinical Features of CML -- 5 Signal Transduction Inhibitors in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia -- 6 Treatment with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors -- 7 Allogeneic Transplantation for CML -- 8 Autografting in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia -- 9 Monitoring Disease Response -- 10 New Therapies for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia -- 11 Immune Therapy of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia -- 12 Therapeutic Strategies and Concepts of Cure in CML -- 13 BCR-ABL-Negative Chronic Myeloid Leukemia -- 14 Hypereosinophilic Syndrome -- 15 Chronic Idiopathic Myelofibrosis -- 16 Polycythemia Vera -- Clinical Aspects -- 17 Polycythemia Vera and Other Polycythemic Disorders -- Biological Aspects -- 18 Essential Thrombocythemia -- Subject Index -- Last Page
Summary
Contains a series of contributions from internationally renowned academics with special expertise in one or other diseases which collectively are grouped under the heading myeloproliferative disorders. This term includes Ph-positive chronic myeloid leukemia as well as the various Ph-negative variants
