Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease
Interdisciplinary Management
- Edited by: Georgia B. Vogelsang, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Edited by: Steven Z. Pavletic, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
- Carrie Kitko, James L. M. Ferrara, Kirk Schultz, Yu-Wayne Chu, Ronald Gress, Warren D. Shlomchik, Sally Arai, Mukta Arora, Douglas Rizzo, Mary Evelyn D. Flowers, Georgia Vogelsang, Görgün Akpek, Stephanie J. Lee, Ernst Holler, Anne Dickinson, Madan Jagasia, Howard M. Shulman, Alexandra H. Filipovich, Steven Pavletic, T. Hughes, Timothy McGuire, Andrea Bacigalupo, Nelson J. Chao, Paul J. Martin, Andrew L. Gilman, Hildegard T. Greinix, Joseph H. Antin, David Jacobsohn, Sandra A. Mitchell, Paul A. Carpenter, Dan R. Couriel, Edward W. Cowen, Sharon R. Hynes, Nathaniel S. Treister, Mark M. Schubert, Jane M. Fall-Dickson, Stella K. Kim, Janine A. Smith, James P. Dunn Jr., Maria L. Turner, Pamela Stratton, Miwa Sakai, George B. McDonald, Javier Bolaños-Meade, Jason W. Chien, Corey Cutler, Harry Openshaw, Li Li, Leighton Chan, Lynn H. Gerber, Juan Gea-Banacloche, Michael Boeckh, Paul A. Carpenter, Jean E. Sanders, Kristin Baird, Andrew L. Gilman, Loretta Williams, Karen L. Syrjala, Gérard Socié, H. J. Deeg, Sandra A. Mitchell, Bryce B. Reeve, Paul J. Martin, Donna Przepiorka, Stephanie J. Lee, Mohamad Mohty, Juliet N. Barker, Claudio Anasetti, Kristin Baird, Alan S. Wayne, David A. Jacobsohn, Viki Anders, Carina Moravec, Sandra A. Mitchell, Kathleen M. Castro, Susan Stuart, Myra J. Jacobs, Paula Kim, Stephanie J. Lee
- ISBN:9780521884235
- Publication date:April 2009
- 50 b/w illus. 113 colour illus. 108 tables
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.
