Leukaemia cytogenetics / H. Jackson Woodliff.

  • Woodliff, H. Jackson.
Date:
1971
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    PREFACE The finding in 1958 of a chromosomal abnormality in cells from a patient with acute leukaemia stimulated further cytogenetic studies of the leukaemias and allied disorders. During the 1960s many research groups were active in this field and now after a decade of study the value of chromosome analyses in diagnosis and management, and their contribution to the pathogenesis of the disorders, can be reviewed. This monograph is based on eight years' experience in the cytogenetics laboratory of my department where such studies commenced late in 1962 and on reports and other literature to the end of 1969; I have summarised the present position and considered what further approaches might be pro¬ fitable. The abbreviations, symbols and conventions used in the text are those of the British Journal of Haematology (1970, 18, 3-12) and the Chicago Conference (1966). I am grateful to the many colleagues who have helped me in various ways : Mr. P. Onesti, Dr. L. Dougan, Mrs. P. Stevenson, Mrs. G. Cohen, Mrs. L. Chipper, Mrs. W. Gallon and Mr. A. Leong, who worked in the cytogenetics laboratory for varying periods. Dr. D. G. Goodall and Mr. N. S. Stenhouse for statistical analyses. Miss M. Gillett of the Medical Library of Western Australia, and Mr. P. J. Bishop, Librarian of the Institute of Diseases of the Chest, London, for assistance with the references. Dr. Lesley Dougan, who read the manuscript and made many helpful sug¬ gestions. Mr. R. B. Van Raalte and the staff of the Department of Medical Illustration of the Royal Perth Hospital, for help with the illustrations. Mrs. Mary I. Woodliff and Miss J. M. E. Smith for secretarial assistance. The Royal Perth Hospital and the Cancer Council of Western Australia, for contributing financially to cytogenetic studies in Perth. H. J. Woodliff December, 1970 vii