Current Controversies in Bone Marrow Transplantation

I. Transplant Strategies.- 1 How Many Stem Cells Are Sufficient for Engraftment?.- 2 Is Bone Marrow Transplantation Appropriate in Older Patients?.- 3 What Is an Accurate Risk/Benefit Ratio for Umbilical Cord Cell Transplantation in Children and Adults?.- 4 Are Busulfan-Based Preparative Regimens Equivalent, Worse, or Better than Total Body Irradiation Regimens?.- 5 Is Total Body Irradiation Necessary in Bone Marrow Transplantation for Pediatric ALL?.- II. Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies.- 6 Stem Cell Transplantation for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Indications and Timing.- 7 Should All Adult Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in First Remission Undergo Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation?.- 8 What Is the Curative Potential of Refractory Leukemia with Related and Unrelated Allogeneic Transplants?.- 9 What Is the Role of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Leukemia?.- 10 Autologous Transplantation for Hodgkin’s Disease: Who Benefits?.- 11 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Mantle Cell Lymphoma.- 12 Is Autologous Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Underutilized?.- III. Transplantation for Solid Tumors.- 13 Do Patients Benefit from Autotransplants for Advanced Ovarian Cancer?.- 14 What Is the Optimal Timing of Autologous Transplantation for Metastatic Breast Cancer?.- 15 Should All Patients with Inflammatory Breast Cancer Undergo Autologous Stem Cell Transplant?.- 16 High-Dose Chemotherapy with Stem Cell Rescue for Germ Cell Cancer?.- IV. Complications of Transplantation.- 17 Graft-vs-Host Disease: Has Any Progress Been Made in the Past Decade?.- 18 Veno-occlusive Disease of the Liver: Does Anything Really Work?.- 19 Myelodysplasia and Acute Leukemia Following High-Dose Chemotherapy.- 20 Can Aspergillus Infections Be Preventedin Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients?.- 21 Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Infection After Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation.