Autologous Stem Cell Transplants: Handbook for Patients

by Susan K. Stewart
with Anna Schaal, RN, BSN, MS, ARNP
Illustrations by Norm Bendell
©2024

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This comprehensive and easy-to-read book is a must for patients considering a transplant using their own bone marrow or stem cells. The book walks the reader through what to expect before, during and after transplant and includes the perspective of patients and caregivers as well.

Chapters include:

• History of Transplantation
• An Introduction to Transplant
• Choosing a Transplant Center
• Insurance and Financial Help
• Emotional Challenges
• When Your Child Needs a Transplant
• Conditioning/Preparative Regimen and Side Effects
• Infection
• Nutrition and Eating Difficulties
• Relieving Pain 
• Caregiving
• Planning for Survivorship
• Late and Long-Term Effects of Transplant 
• Appendices
  • About Blood Cells
  • Understanding Blood Tests

Many thanks to the medical advisors who reviewed this edition of the book:

• Kristen Beebe, MS, PA-C, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
• Michelle Bishop, PhD, Coping with Cancer & Caregiving
• Paula Charuhas Macris, MS, RD, CSO, FAND, CD, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
• Miguel A. Chavez, MD, MSc, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Areej El-Jawahri, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Gary Goldstein, Stanford Health Care
• Patrick Johnston, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic
• Linda Burns, MD, Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research
• Robert Krance, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
• Navneet Majhail, MD, MS, FASTCT, Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at TriStar Centennial
• Cecilia Merrigan, APRN, CNP, DNP, Mayo Clinic
• Judith Paice, PhD, RN, Northwestern Medicine
• Scott D. Rowley, MD, FACP, Georgetown University
• Michael Tees, MD, Colorado Blood Cancer Institute

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