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Contemporary Bone Marrow Transplantation

  • Living reference work
  • © 2020

Overview

  • Illustrates the practical challenges in managing bone marrow transplant recipients
  • Provides an authoritative and up to date resource for transplant professionals
  • Written by experts in the field

Part of the book series: Organ and Tissue Transplantation (OTT)

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Table of contents (33 entries)

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About this book

Bone Marrow transplantation or Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a life saving procedure in a number of diseases,hematological and non hematological, which fail alternative medical management or have no other treatment options. It has transformed the lives of thousands of patients and their families around the world battling with fatal or debilitating diseases.There are many unique aspects of bone marrow transplantation which makes it very different from solid organ transplants.  There is an enormous amount of research going on in this field both at clinical and basic science levels.With the rapidly changing world and field of transplantation, there is a need for an authoritative and up to date resource for transplant professionals.
This book titled Contemporary Bone Marrow Transplantation aims to be a reference text comprehensively covering  various facets of hematopoietic stem cell transplants with latest insights about the technique and basic sciencebehind it . The book is the product of collective effort of transplant professionals round the world, and will reflect their experience as well as the current standard of care practices in Stem cell transplantation.
The book will be divided into different sections focusing on the basic science of bone marrow transplant, the technical aspects of the procedure itself and the supportive care of transplant patients.There will also be a section each on epidemiology, upcoming trends and also case studies , which will discuss real case scenarios from the experience of the authors, to illustrate the practical challenges in managing bone marrow transplant recipients.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Clinical Hematology Oncology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India

    Mammen Chandy, Vivek S Radhakrishnan

  • Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India

    Reghu Sukumaran

About the editors

Dr.Reghu K. Sukumaran

Senior Specialist,

Pediatric Hematology -Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant

Oncology Centre of Excellence,

Aster Medcity, Kuttisahib Road,Chittoor P.O,

Kochi, Kerala, India, 682027

Phone: +91-8547190490

email: drreghu.sukumaran@asterhospital.com. reghuks@gmail.com

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contemporary Bone Marrow Transplantation

  • Editors: Mammen Chandy, Vivek S Radhakrishnan, Reghu Sukumaran

  • Series Title: Organ and Tissue Transplantation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64938-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64938-2Due: 12 May 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2570-1592

  • Series E-ISSN: 2570-1606

  • Number of Illustrations: 200 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Transplant Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Oncology

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