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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series? has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Secrets, 2nd Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

• The proven Secrets Series? format gives you the most return for your time - succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
• Fully revised and updated, including discussions of supportive care of children with cancer and psychosocial aspects of care
• New chapters on Precision Medicine and Systems Biology; Health Equity and Disparities in Pediatric and Adolescent/Young Adult Oncology; Transfusion Medicine; Neoplastic Hematopathology; Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis; and more
• Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
• Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field - all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content
• Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Table of Contents:

1. Coagulation overview
2. Developmental erythropoiesis
3. Sickle cell syndromes
4. Intrinsic and extrinsic red blood cell defects
5. Thalassemias
6. Nutritional anemia
7. Granulocytes
8. Disorders of platelets
9. Bone marrow failure syndromes
10. Hematological manifestations of systemic disease
11. Epidemiology
12. Principles of chemotherapy
13. Principles of immunotherapy
14. Precision medicine and systems biology
15. Predisposition syndromes
16. Health equity and disparities in pediatric and adolescent/young adult oncology
17. Clinical emergencies in children with cancer
18. Transfusion medicine
19. Pediatric radiation oncology
20. Principles of infectious disease and management of febrile neutropenia
21. Neoplastic hematopathology
22. Pediatric solid tumors pathology
23. Molecular pathology
24. Survivorship and late effects
25. Integrative therapies
26. Palliative Care
27. An overview of the Emotional and educational needs of children with hematological and oncological conditions
28. Global health issues in pediatric oncology
29. Principles of pediatric surgical oncology
30. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
31. Acute myeloid leukemia
32. Chronic myeloid leukemia/other leukemia
33. Soft tissue sarcomas
34. Bone tumors
35. Neuroblastoma
36. Hepatic tumors
37. Kidney tumors in children and adolescents
38. Hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents
39. Non-hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents
40. Neuro-Oncology
41. Post-Transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)
42. Retinoblastoma
43. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)
44. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
45. Principles and practice of pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation
46. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for children and young adults
47. Car-T cells: expanding the universe of immunotherapy in children with malignant diseases
48. Gene therapy for hemoglobinopathies and other diseases
49. Hematopoietic cell transplantation for malignant disorders
50. Stem cell transplantation for children with nonmalignant disorders
51. Complications associated with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in children