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Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplants: A Guide for Patients and Their Loved Ones
US$12.95
by Susan K. Stewart
Illustrations by Norm Bendell
©2024
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A comprehensive, easy-to-read book that's a must for patients undergoing a transplant using donor cells (allogeneic transplant). The guide walks the reader through what to expect before, during, and after their bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant and includes insights from patients and caregivers.
Chapters include
- History of Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation
- An Introduction to Transplantation - Steps Involved
- Choosing a Transplant Center
- Finding a Donor
- Being a Donor
- Insurance and Financial Help
- Emotional Challenges
- Conditioning/Preparative Regimen
- Graft-versus-Host Disease
- Infection
- Nutrition
- Relieving Pain
- When Your Child Needs a Transplant
- Caregiving
- Planning for Survivorship
- Late and Long-Term Effects of Transplant
- Appendices
- About Blood Cells
- Understanding Blood Tests
Many thanks to the medical advisors for this edition of the book:
- Linda Burns, MD, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
- Paula Charuhas Macris, MS, RD, CSO, FAND, CD, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
- Guang-Shing Cheng, MD, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
- Jessica Ciralsky, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Gary Goldstein, Stanford Health Care
- Areej El-Jawahri, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Luis Isola, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital
- Robert Krance, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
- Catherine Lee, MD, MS, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
- Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
- Navneet Majhail, MD, Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Network
- Richard Maziarz, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
- Sandra Mitchell, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, National Cancer Institute
- Judith Paice, PhD, RN, Northwestern Medicine
- Michael Parsons, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Steven Pavletic, MD, PhD, National Cancer Institute
- Doris Ponce, MD, MS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Marcello Rotta, MD, Colorado Blood Cancer Institute
- Scott Rowley, MD, Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University
- Ajay Sheshadri, MD, MSCI, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Nathaniel Treister, DMD, DMSc, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center