Abutalib Syed A. - Cancer consult: expert clinical perspective

I wholeheartedly extend my gratitude towards our cancer experts who contributed to this fabulous project. They have elegantly combined their invaluable experience with clinical data and attempted to solve some of the most challenging and controversial issues in malignant hematology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and oncology. I must add that this project would not have been a visible reality without constant support and love from the Supreme Lord and my familywhich includes (and always will) my patients. I trust that readers will enjoy our work and would provide constructive feedback which should allow us to improve on subsequent editions.

Thank you kindly,

Syed Ali Abutalib

I grow by that Hand which nurtures me

I would like to thank my fabulous co-editor, Syed Abutalib, whose tireless efforts have made this book possible; the terrific contributors whose impressive chapters have created a publication of immense clinical value; the fantastic staff at Wiley Blackwell who have created this magnificent text; my wife (Tomes) and our wonderful children who have made it all worthwhile; and the patients I have had the genuine privilege and honor to meet and serve in my years of clinical practice.

Sincere regards,

Maurie Markman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Cancer Consult: Expertise for Clinical Practice / edited by Syed A. Abutalib, Maurie Markman.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-58921-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Abutalib, Syed A., editor. II. Markman, Maurie, editor.

[DNLM: 1. NeoplasmsExamination Questions. 2. Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationExamination Questions. 3. LeukemiaExamination Questions. 4. Medical OncologyExamination Questions. QZ 18.2]

RC266.5

616.9940076dc23

2014008386

Cover image: Two center images courtesy of Shaunagh McDermott and Michael A. Blake (Chapter 131), all other images courtesy of Carmen Barcena and Laurence de Leval (Chapter 38).