Leukaemia Diagnosis

Leukaemia Diagnosis is an authoritative reference on classifying and diagnosing leukaemia, offering practical guidance on using various laboratory techniques.

This practical reference illuminates the principles of leukaemia diagnosis and classification, illustrating and explaining how different laboratory techniques are used to achieve accurate interpretations. To aid reader comprehension, the book includes over 300 high-quality full-colour digital images of abnormal cells in leukaemia and lymphoma, supplemented by histological, cytogenetic, and immunophenotyping images.

The newly revised and updated Sixth Edition features recent developments, highlights the growing importance of molecular genetics, and incorporates the latest WHO guidelines and the International Consensus Classification for leukaemia diagnosis and classification. It also includes information on the cytogenetic and molecular genetic abnormalities in leukaemia, along with the characteristic immunophenotypic characteristics of different categories of leukaemia.

Written by world-renowned authors in the field, Barbara Bain and Mike Leach, Leukaemia Diagnosis covers sample topics such as:

• The nature of leukaemia, cytology, cytochemistry, and the morphological classification of acute leukaemia, with an index of commonly used abbreviations
• Immunophenotyping and cytogenetic/molecular genetic analysis, and integration of morphological, immunophenotypic, and genetic information with the WHO classifications
• Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage, and the myelodysplastic syndromes and myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms
• Chronic myeloid leukaemias, lymphoid leukaemias of mature B, T, and natural killer cells, and leukaemia diagnosis in resource-poor countries

The Sixth Edition of Leukaemia Diagnosis is a highly valuable resource for trainee haematologists and laboratory scientists in haematology and related disciplines. The text also serves as a useful reference and teaching aid for those who already have expertise in this field.