Current Controversies in Bone Marrow Transplantation

"...this review of indications and results in the field is valuable and the expertise and opinions of the authors are clearly helpful in informing daily discussions on optimal available treatments for our patients."-Annals of Oncology "This book makes a very valid attempt to unravel some of the many controversial issues which best the clinical practice of stem cell transplantation today...this book goes a long way to at least defining many of the problems that are encountered on a day-to-day basis in the context of stem cell transplantation, and sometimes even succeeds in answering them in the light of published studies.ae...the book makes excellent reading for all individuals involved in this specialized and technical field"-Bone Marrow Transplantation "...this book is useful, with a few limitations, for every physician involved in the management of patients with transplant approach...this book is successful in general and represents the most useful snapshots of many current issues in the field of transplantation."- Journal of the National Cancer Institute

• I. Transplant Strategies.- 1 How Many Stem Cells Are Sufficient for Engraftment?.- 2 Is Bone Marrow Transplantation Appropriate in Older Patients?.- 3 What Is an Accurate Risk/Benefit Ratio for Umbilical Cord Cell Transplantation in Children and Adults?.- 4 Are Busulfan-Based Preparative Regimens Equivalent, Worse, or Better than Total Body Irradiation Regimens?.- 5 Is Total Body Irradiation Necessary in Bone Marrow Transplantation for Pediatric ALL?.- II. Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies.- 6 Stem Cell Transplantation for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Indications and Timing.- 7 Should All Adult Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in First Remission Undergo Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation?.- 8 What Is the Curative Potential of Refractory Leukemia with Related and Unrelated Allogeneic Transplants?.- 9 What Is the Role of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Leukemia?.- 10 Autologous Transplantation for Hodgkin’s Disease: Who Benefits?.- 11 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Mantle Cell Lymphoma.- 12 Is Autologous Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Underutilized?.- III. Transplantation for Solid Tumors.- 13 Do Patients Benefit from Autotransplants for Advanced Ovarian Cancer?.- 14 What Is the Optimal Timing of Autologous Transplantation for Metastatic Breast Cancer?.- 15 Should All Patients with Inflammatory Breast Cancer Undergo Autologous Stem Cell Transplant?.- 16 High-Dose Chemotherapy with Stem Cell Rescue for Germ Cell Cancer?.- IV. Complications of Transplantation.- 17 Graft-vs-Host Disease: Has Any Progress Been Made in the Past Decade?.- 18 Veno-occlusive Disease of the Liver: Does Anything Really Work?.- 19 Myelodysplasia and Acute Leukemia Following High-Dose Chemotherapy.- 20 Can Aspergillus Infections Be Preventedin Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients?.- 21 Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Infection After Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation.