Understanding Leukaemia and Related Cancers contains eight chapters that describe what leukaemia is (including the different types), how it is diagnosed and treated, and the nature of the doctor-patient relationship. There is also a chapter on blood and bone-marrow transplantation that explains the technique in non-technical terms. The aim of the book is to communicate, in easily accessible language, the basics of the disease, how it is treated and what the patient's prognosis might be. There is a comprehensive glossary of terms, and an international listing of patient support groups and websites. The book is illustrated in four colour throughout.

Tariq Mughal: graduated from St George’s Medical School, received post-graduate training at Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith.

John Goldman: graduated from Oxford University, received postgraduate training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith. He is a Past-President of the European Haematology Association, and Editor of the journal Bone Marrow Transplantation.