FRCPath Part 1 Haematology: Volume II — Transfusion and Malignant 2

Volume II of the FRCPath Part 1 Haematology textbook covers Section C (transfusion medicine) and Section D (malignant haematology), with four full-length mock papers, thirty structured essay plans, 260 single-best-answer questions, and 80 extended-matching question stems organised by Part 1 examination cluster. Every fact is anchored to a primary source - BSH guideline, NICE document, WHO 5th classification, or named pivotal trial in NEJM, Blood, JTH, or BJH. Mechanism precedes memorisation throughout. Built specifically for FRCPath Part 1 candidates and equivalent UK and international haematology examinations including MRCP, MRCPath, EBMT, and senior membership-level review. Section C - Transfusion Medicine: - Blood components and component therapy - Compatibility testing, antibody identification, and crossmatching - Transfusion reactions: acute, delayed, and immunomodulatory - Apheresis: plateletpheresis, plasma exchange, leukapheresis, stem cell collection >Section D - Malignant Haematology: - Acute leukaemias: AML, ALL, mixed-phenotype, with WHO 5th classification - Chronic leukaemias: CLL, CML, hairy cell, T-LGL - Myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative neoplasms - Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas with current WHO/ICC schemas - Plasma cell neoplasms: myeloma, plasma cell leukaemia, amyloidosis >Features: - Four mock papers under realistic examination conditions - 260 SBAs and 80 EMQs in Part 1 cluster format - Trial register and consolidated references index >About the author: Vishal Tayade is Assistant Professor of Pathology at Grant Government Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai. He trained in oncopathology at Tata Memorial Centre and holds Part 1 of the FRCPath. His research and teaching span haematopathology, molecular diagnostics, and surgical pathology.

Pages: 374, Paperback, Vayden Academic Press