Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 18, No. 2

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New Hope for Mobilization Failures . . . Again
February 2012(Vol. 18 | No. 2 | Pages 159-160)
John F. DiPersio
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My AML Cytogenetics Classification Scheme Is Better Than Yours
February 2012(Vol. 18 | No. 2 | Pages 160-161)
Mikkael A. Sekeres
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NCI, NHLBI/PBMTC First International Conference on Late Effects after Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Health-Related Quality of Life, Functional, and Neurocognitive Outcomes
February 2012(Vol. 18 | No. 2 | Pages 162-171)
Susan K. Parsons, Sean Phipps, Lillian Sung, K. Scott Baker, Michael A. Pulsipher, Kirsten K. Ness

Risk Factors for Molecular Detection of Adenovirus in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
25 January 2012
Theresa Watson, David MacDonald, Xiaoyan Song, Kira Bromwich, Joseph Campos, Jane Sande, Roberta L. DeBiasi
Abstract: Adenovirus (AdV) infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant HSCT) patients. To evaluate the use of molecular AdV testing in HSCT at our ins...
Rapid Thymic Reconstitution Following Bone Marrow Transplantation in Neonatal Mice is VEGF-Dependent
25 January 2012
Andrew R. Cuddihy, Batul T. Suterwala, Shundi Ge, Lisa A. Kohn, Julie Jang, Jacob Andrade, Xiaoyan Wang, Gay M. Crooks
Abstract: Age-related differences in thymic function influence the rapidity of T cell reconstitution following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In adults, thymic reconstitution is delay...
Evaluation of minimal residual disease by real-time quantitative PCR of Wilms´ tumor 1 (WT1) expression in patients with acute myeloid leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Correlation with flow cytometry and chimerism
25 January 2012
Mi Kwon, Carolina Martínez-Laperche, María Infante, Fernando Carretero, Pascual Balsalobre, David Serrano, Jorge Gayoso, Ana Pérez-Corral, Javier Anguita, Jose Luis Díez-Martín, Ismael Buño
Abstract: Background: Relapse remains the main cause of treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). WT1 has been reported to be over...
The graft-versus-tumor effect according to the type of graft-versus-host disease defined by NIH consensus criteria and the associated outcomes
18 January 2012
Byung-Sik Cho, Sung-Eun Lee, Hae-Hiang Song, Ju-Hyoung Lee, Seung-Ah Yahng, Ki-Seong Eom, Yoo-Jin Kim, Hee-Je Kim, Seok Lee, Chang-Ki Min, Seok-Goo Cho, Dong-Wook Kim, Jong-Wook Lee, Woo-Sung Min, Chong-Won Park
Abstract: The impact of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) by the NIH consensus criteria (NCC) on survival has rarely been investigated with a large cohort of patients with GVHD presenting before and af...
Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of hematopoietic stem cell mobilization strategies for autologous transplantation for hematologic malignancies
18 January 2012
Dawn Sheppard, Christopher Bredeson, David Allan, Jason Tay
Abstract: Background: Collection of adequate hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) is necessary for successful autologous transplantation, however a proportion of patients fail to collect the minimum number...

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December 2005 (Vol. 11 | No. 12 | Pages 945-956)
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Recommended Screening and Preventive Practices for Long-term Survivors after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Joint Recommendations of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, and the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
February 2006 (Vol. 12 | No. 2 | Pages 138-151)
J. Douglas Rizzo, John R. Wingard, Andre Tichelli, Stephanie J. Lee, Maria Teresa Van Lint, Linda J. Burns, Stella M. Davies, James L.M. Ferrara, Gérard Socié
National Marrow Donor Program HLA Matching Guidelines for Unrelated Adult Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplants
September 2008 (Vol. 14 | No. 9 | Pages 45-53)
Robert A. Bray, Carolyn K. Hurley, Naynesh R. Kamani, Ann Woolfrey, Carlheinz Müller, Stephen Spellman, Michelle Setterholm, Dennis L. Confer
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Ancillary Therapy and Supportive Care of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: V. Ancillary Therapy and Supportive Care Working Group Report
April 2006 (Vol. 12 | No. 4 | Pages 375-396)
Daniel Couriel, Paul A. Carpenter, Corey Cutler, Javier Bolaños-Meade, Nathaniel S. Treister, Juan Gea-Banacloche, Paul Shaughnessy, Sharon Hymes, Stella Kim, Alan S. Wayne, Jason W. Chien, Joyce Neumann, Sandra Mitchell, Karen Syrjala, Carina K. Moravec, Linda Abramovitz, Jerry Liebermann, Ann Berger, Lynn Gerber, Mary Schubert, Alexandra H. Filipovich, Daniel Weisdorf, Mark M. Schubert, Howard Shulman, Kirk Schultz, Barbara Mittelman, Steven Pavletic, Georgia B. Vogelsang, Paul J. Martin, Stephanie J. Lee, Mary E.D. Flowers
Consensus Conference on Clinical Practice in Chronic GVHD: Second-Line Treatment of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
January 2011 (Vol. 17 | No. 1 | Pages 1-17)
Daniel Wolff, Michael Schleuning, Stephanie von Harsdorf, Ulrike Bacher, Armin Gerbitz, Michael Stadler, Francis Ayuk, Alexander Kiani, Rainer Schwerdtfeger, Georgia B. Vogelsang, Guido Kobbe, Martin Gramatzki, Anita Lawitschka, Mohamad Mohty, Steven Z. Pavletic, Hildegard Greinix, Ernst Holler

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