Fully revised and updated for its second edition, Paediatric Haematology and Oncology provides an easily accessible source of information about all of the basic principles of childhood cancer and leukaemia, and detailed specialist knowledge on how to care for children with those conditions.

1 Introduction to paediatric haematology and oncology 1: Professor Mark Pearce: Epidemiology of childhood cancer 2: Professor Deborah Tweddle: Overview of biology and genetics of childhood cancer 3: Professor Alan Davidson: Paediatric oncology in the developing world 2 General approaches to suspected cancer 4: Dr Fiona Herd: Abdominal mass 5: Professor Simon Bailey: Initial diagnosis of brain tumours 6: Dr Geoff Shenton: The bleeding or bruising child 7: Dr Sunita Dhir: Lymphadenopathy 8: Dr Dipayan Mitra: Imaging of brain tumours 9: Dr Claire Gowdy and Dr Leigh McDonald: Imaging of non-CNS tumours 3 Haematological and oncological emergencies 10: Dr Simon Bomken, Dr Heather Lambert, Dr Anita Devlin, Dr Britta Vormoor, Dr Tina Biss, Professor Simon Bailey, and Professor Rod Skinner: Haematological and oncological emergencies 4 General principles 11: Professor Simon Bailey: Multimodality treatment 12: Professor Rod Skinner and Ms Lynzie Middleton: Systemic anticancer drugs 13: Dr Joanne Lewis: Paediatric radiotherapy 14: Dr Hany Gabra: Surgery 15: Professor Rod Skinner and Dr Wing Roberts: Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation 16: Sister Lisa Price: Clinical trials 5 Supportive care 17: Professor Marieke Emonts, Dr Lucia Pareja-Cebrian, and Professor Rod Skinner: Infection 18: Dr Peter Carey: Blood transfusion 19: Sister Kelley Mellett and Amanda Gerrard: Pain 20: Professor Simon Bailey, Professor Rod Skinner, Ms Fiona Court, Dr Heather Borrill, Mr Hany Gabra, Dr Peter Carey: Other aspects of supportive care 6 Long term follow up 21: Professor Rod Skinner: Long-term follow-up of childhood cancer survivors 7 Benign haematological diseases 22: Dr Peter Carey: Haemoglobinopathies 23: Dr Tina Biss: Haemostasis and thrombosis 24: Professor Rod Skinner: Bone marrow failure 25: Dr Peter Carey: Other non-malignant causes of peripheral blood cytopenias 8 Malignant haematological diseases 26: Dr Frederik Van Delft: Biology of childhood leukaemia 27: Professor Josef Vormoor: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 28: Dr Geoff Shenton, Dr Wing Roberts, and Professor Rod Skinner: Acute myeloid leukaemia 29: Professor Rod Skinner: Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage 30: Professor Rod Skinner: Myelodysplasia 31: Professor Rod Skinner: Chronic myeloid leukaemia and other chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms 32: Dr Simon Bomken: Lymphoma 9 Solid tumours 33: Professor Deborah Tweddle: Neuroblastoma 34: Dr Helen Jenkinson: Retinoblastoma 35: Dr Quentin Campbell-Hewson: Renal tumours 36: Dr Quentin Campbell-Hewson: Bone tumours 37: Dr Matthew Murray: Extracranial germ cell tumours 38: Dr Gail Halliday: Soft tissue sarcomas 39: Dr Gail Halliday: Liver tumours 10 Central nervous system tumours 40: Professor Steven Clifford: Biology of central nervous system tumours 41: Professor Simon Bailey and Professor Jeannette Parkes: Central nervous system tumours 11 Other conditions 42: Dr Kevin Windebank: Histiocytosis 43: Professor Bernadette Brennan: Rare tumours 12 New treatment strategies 44: Professor Darren Hargrave: New treatment strategies

Professor Simon Bailey is a Consultant in Paediatric Oncology at the Great North Childrens Hospital, and an Honorary Professor of Paediatric Neuro-Oncology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He specialises in brain tumours. Professor Rod Skinner is a semi-retired paediatric and adolescent haemato-oncologist. He is the clinical lead for long-term follow-up of childhood and adolescent cancer and leukaemia. Prior to semi-retirement, Professor Skinner was also clinical lead of the Paediatric Haematology Bone Marrow Transplant service and cared for children with acute leukaemia, aplastic anaemia and rare paediatric haematological malignancies. Professor Skinner's clinical interests include long-term follow-up of individuals previously treated for childhood cancer or leukaemia, those who had bone marrow / stem cell transplants during childhood or adolescence, and childhood cancer survivorship.

Concise yet comprehensive overview of all aspects of diagnosis and care of the child with haematological disorders and cancer Features clinical pearls on what to do at every stage of supporting the child and their family Contains handy reference ranges and useful websites