The BMT Data Book

Reinhold Munker, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA, USA. Gerhard C. Hildebrandt, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA, USA. Hillard M. Lazarus, MD is a Disease Team Leader, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. Kerry Atkinson, MD, FRCP, FRACP is Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Queensland, and Head, Stem Cell Biology, Regenerative Medicine and Novel Therapeutic Anti-Cancer Agents Group, Mater Medical Research Institute, Queensland, Australia.

'To maintain high standards of universal care with minimal complications, clinicians need to have the latest and most accurate data source for established indications. The current edition of this book succeeds in fulfilling this requirement … [the authors] have excelled in completely updating and timely incorporating the most recent research data available on the subject.' Oncology News

• Preface; Part I. Basic Science: 1. Hematopoietic cell transplantation: past, present and future Reinhold Munker; 2. Basic science Reinhold Munker and Kerry Atkinson; Part II. Hematologic Malignancies: 3. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for acute myeloid leukemia Reinhold Munker, Gerhard C. Hildebrandt and Kerry Atkinson; 4. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for acute lymphoblastic leukemia Reinhold Munker, Vishwas Sakhalkar, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; 5. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for chronic myeloid leukemia and other myeloproliferative syndromes Reinhold Munker, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; 6. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for chronic lymphatic leukemia Nebu Verghese Koshy, Reinhold Munker, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; 7. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for myelodysplasia Carolina Escobar, Reinhold Munker and Kerry Atkinson; 8. Hematopoietic cell transplantation for non-Hodgkin lymphoma Saurabh Chhabra and Ginna G. Laport; 9. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for Hodgkin lymphoma Reinhold Munker, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; 10. Therapeutic decision making in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma Reinhold Munker, Oscar F. Ballester, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; 11. Therapeutic decision making in SCT for amyloidosis Reinhold Munker, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; Part III. Solid Tumors: 12. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of testis (NSGCT) Reinhold Munker, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; 13. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for renal cell cancer Richard Childs and Reinhold Munker; 14. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for soft tissue sarcomas Reinhold Munker, Vishwas Sakhalkar, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; Part IV. Nonmalignant Disorders: 15. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for severe aplastic anemia Reinhold Munker, Anna Locasciulli and Kerry Atkinson; 16. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for congenital immunodeficiencies Vishwas Sakhalkar, Reinhold Munker and Kerry Atkinson; 17. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for hemoglobinopathies Shalini Shenoy, Reinhold Munker and Kerry Atkinson; 18. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for inborn errors of metabolism and neurodegenerative disorders Robert F. Wynn, Jaap J. Boelens and Muhammad A. Saif; 19. Therapeutic decision making in BMT/SCT for autoimmune disorders Reinhold Munker; 20. Cellular therapy Hans-Jochem Kolb, Kerry Atkinson and Reinhold Munker; Part V. Practical Aspects and Procedures: 21. Practical aspects and procedures, including conditioning protocols and haploidentical transplantation Reinhold Munker, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; 22. Umbilical cord blood as alternative allogeneic graft source: clinical banking and transplant outcomes Mary J. Laughlin and Reinhold Munker; Part VI. Complications: 23. Pathobiology of graft-versus-host disease Pavan Reddy; 24. Diagnosis and treatment of graft-versus-host-disease Daniel R. Couriel; 25. Management and prophylaxis of infections after BMT/SCT Nicholas Barber and Alison G. Freifeld; 26. Organ-related and miscellaneous complications Gerhard C. Hildebrandt, Reinhold Munker, Ullrich Duffner, Daniel Wolff, Michael Stadler, Tina Dietrich, Klemens Angstwurm, Amanda Sun, Binu Nair, Hillard M. Lazarus and Kerry Atkinson; Part VII. The BMT/SCT Pharmacopoeia: 27. The BMT/SCT pharmacopoeia Jill Comeau, Reinhold Munker and Kerry Atkinson; Part VIII. HLA-Testing and Laboratory Medicine: 28. HLA-testing and laboratory medicine Nicholas R. DiPaola, Reinhold Munker and Kerry Atkinson; Appendix: guide to the internet and literature databases relevant for bone marrow and stem cell transplantation; Index.