Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease : Interdisciplinary Management Hardback
Edited by Georgia B. (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) Vogelsang, Steven Z. (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland) Pavletic
Hardback
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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:436 pages, 108 Tables, unspecified; 113 Plates, color; 29 Halftones, unspecified; 21 Line drawings,
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/04/2009
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- ISBN:9780521884235
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:436 pages, 108 Tables, unspecified; 113 Plates, color; 29 Halftones, unspecified; 21 Line drawings,
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/04/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521884235
