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Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease

Interdisciplinary Management
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Description

Chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) is the most common complication of allogenic bone marrow transplantation. Because of the protracted clinical course of chronic GVHD, transplant centers and hematology/oncology offices are inadequately equipped to manage these immuno-incompetent patients with a multi-system disorder. Practitioners need to be able to recognize and effectively manage chronic GVHD as a late effect of more than half of allogenic transplantations. The text is oriented for the clinician, with chapters covering staging, organ site and system-specific manifestations, treatment options, and supportive care. Drs Georgia B. Vogelsang and Steven Z. Pavletic have been pioneers in the recognition of the multi-organ complexity of this disease and have gathered the input of a variety of subspecialist physicians for this book. This book fills the gap in practical literature on chronic GVHD, providing a comprehensive, up-to-date, and clinically relevant resource for anyone who deals with cancer patients post-transplant.

Author Biography:

Georgia B. Vogelsang, MD, is Professor of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Steven Z. Pavletic, MD, is the head of the Graft versus Host and Autoimmunity Unit in the Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Release date NZ
April 20th, 2009
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by Georgia B. Vogelsang
  • Edited by Steven Z. Pavletic
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
108 Tables, unspecified; 113 Plates, color; 29 Halftones, unspecified; 21 Line drawings, unspecified
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Pages
436
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Dimensions
220x285x23
ISBN-13
9780521884235
Product ID
2966091

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