Overview
This authoritative new book provides a comprehensive overview of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in hematopoietic cell transplantation, explaining key concepts, successes, controversies and challenges. The authors and editors discuss current and future strategies for major challenges, such as graft-versus-host-disease, including new prophylaxis and treatments. They also discuss long-term complications, such as second malignancies and cardiovascular complications. Chapters are written by leading world experts, carefully edited to achieve a uniform and accessible writing style. Each chapter includes evidence-based explanations and state-of-the-art solutions, providing the reader with practice-changing advice. Full reference lists are also supplied to facilitate further exploration of each topic. Each copy of the printed book is packaged with a password, giving readers online access to all text and images. This inspiring resource demystifies both the basics and subtleties of hematopoietic cell transplantation, and is essential reading for both senior clinicians and trainees.
Full Product Details
Author: Hillard M. Lazarus (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio) ,
Robert Peter Gale (Imperial College London) ,
Armand Keating (University of Toronto) ,
Andrea Bacigalupo (Ospedale San Martino, Genoa)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 22.40cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 28.30cm
Weight: 2.300kg
ISBN: 9781316606698
ISBN 10: 1316606694
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 01 June 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Hematopoietic Cell Transplants: Concepts, Controversies and Future Directions is a detailed account of the field today and what its future looks like. The 7 editors - from diverse backgrounds but in one way or another touching on transplants - have assembled contributions from 150 experts into 72 chapters covering every aspect of hematopoietic cell transplantation you might imagine and several you might not.' Shahrukh K. Hashmi, The ASCO Post
Author Information
Hillard M. Lazarus is Professor of Medicine at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland. Robert Peter Gale is a Visiting Professor at the Haematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London. Armand Keating is Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, and Director of the Cell Therapy Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto. Andrea Bacigalupo is a Professor at the Cattedra Ematologia, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Unviersitario A Gemelli, Roma-Italia. Reinhold Munker is Professor of Medicine at Louisiana State University. Kerry Atkinson is Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research; Adjunct Professor at the Stem Cell Laboratories, Queensland University of Technology at the Translational Research Institute; and Specialist in General Medicine at Salisbury Medical Centre, Brisbane. Syed Ali Abutalib is Assistant Director of the Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Zion, Illinois.
