The lymphomas / editors, George P. Canellos, T. Andrew Lister, Jeffrey L. Sklar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
Part 1 Basic considerations:
1. Introduction to molecular biology;
2. Developmental and functional biology of b and t lymphocytes;
3. Epidemiology of hodgkin's disease and non-hodgkin's lymphoma;
4. Epstein-barr virus and human lymphomas.

Part 2 Pathology:
5. Histopathology of the non-Hodgking's lymphomas and Hodgkin's disease;
6. Major cytogenetic findings in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma;
7. The molecular diagnosis of lymphoma and related disorders;
8. Immunohistochemistry of lymphomas.

Part 3 Investigation:
9. Diagnostic radiology;
10. Approach to the patient with suspected lymphoma.

Part 4 Principles of therapy:
11. Principles of radiation therapy for the lymphomas;
12. Principles of chemotherpay for lymphomas;
13. Bone marrow transplantation for malignant lymphoma;
14. Biologic therapy for lymphomas.

Part 5 Hodgkin's disease:
15. Biology of Hodgkin's disease;
16. Hodgkin's disease.

Part 6 Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas:
17. Biologic aspects - the biology of low-grade malignant lymphoma, the biology of high-grade malignant lymphoma;
18. Clinical aspects - follicular lymphoma, "diffuse" low-grade b-cell lymphomas, diffuse large cell and immunoblastic lymphomas, lymphoblastic lymphoma, burkitt's lymphoma - the small noncleaved cell lymphomas, peripheral t-cell lymphoma, primary extranodal lymphomas, primary central nervous system lymphoma, mycosis fugoides and other cutaneous lymphomas, lymphoma in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Part 7 Clinical aspects:
19. Paraneoplastic syndromes;
20. Disorders that mimic lymphomas or may predate lymphoma;
21. Lymphoma in the elderly and in pregnancy.