Technical and Biological Components of Marrow Transplantation (Cancer Treatment and Research, 76)

__Technical and Biological Components of Marrow Transplantation__ presents up to date information on the scientific and technological advances that will extend and improve the clinical application of bone marrow transplantation. The book includes the latest information on chronic myeloid leukemia and thalassemia; advances in supportive care: cytokines and progenitor expansion; and cord stem cell technology. Soon more of patients will receive marrow transplants as part of the therapy for solid tumors and metabolic disease than for the treatment of hematologic disease. The contributors to this volume describe some of these applications, hinting at yet further, exciting possibilities. Front Matter....Pages N1-xii Marrow Transplantation for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia....Pages 1-42 Bone Marrow Transplantation in Thalassemia....Pages 43-58 High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Breast Cancer....Pages 59-85 Bone Marrow Transplantation for Metabolic Diseases....Pages 87-96 Cytomegalovirus Infection in Marrow Transplantation....Pages 97-136 Marrow Transplantation from Unrelated Volunteer Donors....Pages 137-168 Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation....Pages 169-193 Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation....Pages 195-213 In Vitro Expansion of Hematopoietic Cells for Clinical Application....Pages 215-223 Recombinant Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Bone Marrow Transplantation....Pages 225-248 Detection of Minimal Residual Disease....Pages 249-270 Genetic Therapy Using Bone Marrow Transplantation....Pages 271-280 Myeloablative Radiolabeled Antibody Therapy with Autologous Bone marrow Transplantation for Relapsed B Cell Lymphomas....Pages 281-297 Graft Versus Leukemia in Humans....Pages 299-314 Interleukin-2 in Bone Marrow Transplantation....Pages 315-336 Cellular Adoptive Immunotherapy after Bone Marrow Transplantation....Pages 337-369 Back Matter....Pages 371-382

Technical and Biological Components of Marrow Transplantation presents up to date information on the scientific and technological advances that will extend and improve the clinical application of bone marrow transplantation.
The book includes the latest information on chronic myeloid leukemia and thalassemia; advances in supportive care: cytokines and progenitor expansion; and cord stem cell technology.
Soon more of patients will receive marrow transplants as part of the therapy for solid tumors and metabolic disease than for the treatment of hematologic disease. The contributors to this volume describe some of these applications, hinting at yet further, exciting possibilities.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.