Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

Blood Stem Cell Transplantation edited by Jane N. Winter.

Blood Stem Cell Transplantation conveys the excitement that accompanies the newest developments in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Some of the applications that stand to impact this field most significantly are based on recent advances in the biological sciences, as demonstrated by the chap...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Winter, Jane N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
Edition:1st ed. 1997.
Series:Cancer Treatment and Research, 77
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Oncology  .
Surgical oncology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Developments in Immuno-, Molecular, and Cell Biology: Implications for Clinical Stem Cell Transplantation
  • 1. Gene therapy of solid tumors and hematopoietic neoplasms
  • 2. Post-bone marrow transplant use of immunotherapy
  • 3. Graft-versus-leukemia effect of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and donor mononuclear cell infusions
  • 4. Graft-versus-host disease: implications from basic immunology for prophylaxis and treatment
  • 5. The detection of minimal residual disease: implications for bone marrow transplantation
  • 6. The use of radiolabeled antibodies in bone marrow transplantation for hematologic malignancies
  • II. Sources of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Their Ex Vivo Expansion
  • 7. Peripheral blood stem cell harvesting and CD34-positive cell selection
  • 8. Ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for transplantation
  • 9. Allogeneic umbilical cord blood transplantation
  • 10. The use of unrelated donors for bone marrow transplantation
  • III. Reducing the Toxicity Associated with Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • 11. Supportive care in bone marrow transplantation: pulmonary complications
  • 12. Recombinant cytokines and hematopoietic growth factors in allogeneic and autologous bone marrow transplantation
  • IV. Clinical Applications: Continued Progress and New Frontiers
  • 13. Bone marrow transplantation in thalassemia
  • 14. Immune ablation and hematopoietic stem cell rescue for severe autoimmune diseases (SADS)
  • 15. Autologous bone marrow transplantation in pediatric solid tumors
  • 16. Autologous stem cell transplantation for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • V. A New Challenge for the Field of Stem Cell Transplantation: Financial Constraints
  • 17. Health care economics and bone marrow transplantation.

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