April 30, 2008

New Citations

Two articles have been added to previous citations that indicate that GVHD, especially extensive chronic GVHD, is significantly more frequent after PBSC than after UCBT (or BMT). See Category 0, The Top Ten, section VIII, Graft-versus-Host disease. (Top Ten, VIII – citations #13 and 14)
Also note that there is a new article in Category IV of the Top Ten - Reduced Intensity and Non-Myeloablative Transplants. (Top Ten, IV- Reduced Intensity Transplants, citation #1)

Annotations of selected abstracts presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Blood and Marrow Group (EBMT) which was held in Florence, Italy, March 30-April 2, 2008 are listed in the following categories (See Category XI, Recent Cord Blood Transplantation Conferences):

1. The abstract that was given the Van Bekkum Award.

2. Outcomes of CBT in adult patients with hematologic malignancies (2 abstracts).

3. Abstracts indicating that GVHD after UCBT is mild and is readily responsive to treatment (2 abstracts). Also see Section 0. The Top Ten Articles on the Cord Blood Forum, VIII Graft-Versus-Host Disease Citation #1.

4. Double cord blood transplants (3 abstracts)

5. Comparisons of outcomes following UCBT and BMT (2 abstracts).

6. Reduced-intensity (RI) UCBT, including RI double cord transplants (2 abstracts).

7. Intra bone marrow injection of UCB blood (2 abstracts).

8. UCBT for thalassemia, for children with malignant and non-malignant indications, and for graft failure (3 abstracts).