Clinical Presentation / Bart Scott, H. Deeg -- Differential Diagnosis / Philip Nivatpumin, Steven Gore -- Etiology and Epidemiology of MDS / David Bowen -- Molecular Biology of Myelodysplasia / Philip Nivatpumin, Steven Gore -- Classification and Staging of Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Torsten Haferlach, Wolfgang Kern -- Cytogenetic Diagnosis of Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Harold Olney, Michelle Le Beau -- Myelodysplastic Syndrome in Children / Charlotte Niemeyer -- Management of Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Introductory Concepts / David Bowen -- Supportive Care / David Bowen -- Hematopoietic Growth Factors / David Bowen -- Biologically Based Treatment / Philip Nivatpumin, Steven Gore -- Hemopoietic Cell Transplantation / Bart Scott, H. Deeg -- Second Malignancies / H. Deeg