PDF-(EBOOK)-When Blood Breaks Down: Life Lessons from Leukemia (Mit Press)

A leading cancer specialist tells the compelling stories of three adult leukemia patients shedding new light on the disease itself and the drugs developed to treat itWhen you are told that you have leukemia your world stops Your brain cant function You are asked to make decisions about treatment almost immediately when you are not in your right mind And yet you pull yourself together and start asking questions Beside you is your doctor whose job it is to solve the awful puzzle of bone marrow gone wrong The two of you are in it together In When Blood Breaks Down Mikkael Sekeres a leading cancer specialist takes readers on the journey that patient and doctor travel togetherSekeres who writes regularly for the Well section of The New York Times tells the compelling stories of three people who receive diagnoses of adult leukemia within hours of each other Joan a 48yearold surgical nurse a caregiver who becomes a patient David a 68yearold former factory worker who bows to his familys wishes and pursues the most aggressive treatment and Sarah a 36yearold pregnant woman who must decide whether to undergo chemotherapy and put her fetus at risk We join the intimate conversations between Sekeres and his patients and we watch as he teaches trainees Along the way Sekeres also explores leukemia in its different forms and the development of drugs to treat itdescribing among many other fascinating details the invention of the bone marrow transplant first performed experimentally on beagles and a treatment that targets the genetics of leukemiaThe lessons to be learned from leukemia Sekeres shows are not merely medical they teach us about courage and grace and defying the odds. 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Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran . August 18-19, 2016 London, UK. . Faculty. Edris. . Sadeghi. , . MSc. 11. THE LEUKEMIAS. malignancies involving lymphoid or hematopoietic cell lines . increase in circulating leukocytes (not invariable) . bone marrow always involved. replacement/hypoproliferation of normal hematopoietic cells. Patrice Thompson. 3 year who is battling leukemia.. The doctors suggest a bone marrow transplants for a long term survival.. Neither parents have matching bone marrows.. The parents consult with a genetic consoler and a reproductive specialist to discuss the possibilities of having another child to have matching bone marrow.. BSW00073 / OK 11 - ONC - 152 1 July , 2011 Fact Sheet Leukemia is a cancer that begins in the bone marrow ( the soft inner part of some bones), but in most cases, moves into the blood. 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