Hematopoietic stem cell therapy
By: [edited by] Edward D. Ball, John Lister, Ping Law.
Contributors: Law, Ping.; Lister, John W., 1932-; Ball, Edward D. 1950-
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 757
Subjects: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Neoplasms -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: section I. Issues relevant to the pre-transplant period. Clinical indications ; Evaluation of the transplant candidate ; Donor selection and evaluation ; Vascular access ; Graft procurement ; Stem cell quantification ; Graft engineering; title: section II. Issues relevant to the immediate transplant period. Treatment regimens ; Infection prophylaxis ; Graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis ; Use of hematopoietic growth factors ; Coagulation issues ; Nutritional support; title: section III. Complications. The immediate post-transplantation period ; Later onset; title: section IV. Post-transplant therapy. Conventional biologic therapy ; Cytotoxic therapy; title: section V. Associated issues. Psychosocial considerations ; Specialized nursing ; Coordination and data collection ; Biostatistics ; The economics of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; title: section VI. Regulatory issues.