Multiple Myeloma: Current Concepts from Biology to Therapy

In a single volume this book summarizes contemporary knowledge about the biology of multiple myeloma. This comprehensive volume spans our knowledge from molecular and cell biology to clinical therapy and illuminates the pathway for future advances.

Authored by the world's leaders in the field, it belongs in the personal libraries of hematologists and oncologists. Includes sections on The Incidence and Epidemiology of Plasma Cell Neoplasms; Regulation of Interleukin 6 in Multiple Myeloma and Bone Marrow Stromal Cells; Prognostic Factors in Multiple Myeloma; Myeloablative Therapy for Primary Resistant Multiple Myeloma; High-Dose Therapy and Autologous Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma; Preliminary Results of a Randomized Trial Involving 167 Patients. 174 pp. Table of Contents