ABSTRACT

This title draws on the expertise of over fifty contributors from around the world, all of whom are active and recognised authorities in the field. It reviews the very best of current transplantation practice world-wide across the whole of the discipline, covering autologous and allogeneic transplantation, malignant and non-malignant disorders, and

part |1 pages

Part 1 The place of stem-cell transplantation in the treatment of malignant non-malingnant disorders

chapter 1|26 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|23 pages

Acute myeloid luekaemia

chapter 4|22 pages

Chronic myeloid luekaemia

chapter 5|27 pages

Adult acute lymphoblastic luekamia

chapter 6|22 pages

Paediatric leukaemias

chapter 8|27 pages

Multiple myeloma

chapter 9|27 pages

Hodgkin's disease

chapter 10|30 pages

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

chapter 11|22 pages

Solid tumours in children

chapter 12|20 pages

Breast cancer

chapter 14|12 pages

Germ-cell tumours

chapter 15|19 pages

Immunodeficiency diseases

chapter 16|32 pages

Aplastic anaemia

chapter 17|9 pages

Fanconi anaemia

chapter 18|14 pages

Thalassaemia

chapter 19|10 pages

Sickle cell anaemia

chapter 20|16 pages

Lysosomal storage diseases

chapter 21|9 pages

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

chapter 22|11 pages

Autoimmune disorders

part |1 pages

Part 2 Practical aspects of stem-cell transplantation

chapter 24|33 pages

HLA matching and compatibility testing

chapter 26|37 pages

Unrelated donar bone-marrow transplantation

chapter 28|21 pages

Venous access

chapter 29|10 pages

Marrow collection and processing

chapter 30|15 pages

Use of the cord blood