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CANCER TREATMENTS > STEM CELL & BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS > GENERAL INFORMATION > PATIENT INFORMATION GUIDEUK patient information guide: Stem cell & bone marrow transplants
Book
| Bone marrow transplants: a book of basics for patients | |
| Author | STEWART, Susan K |
| Publisher | Blood and Marrow Transplant Newsletter |
| Description | This was the first handbook to help patients understand what's involved in undergoing a bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplant. Available on their web site. |
| Date | 1995 |
| URL | http://www.bmtinfonet.org/bmt/bmt.book/toc.html |
Booklets and factsheets
| Blood & marrow transplant procedures | |
| Author | Wessex Cancer Trust |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Wessex Cancer Trust, Bellis House, 11 Westwood Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1DL Tel: 023 80672200 Fax: 023 80672266 |
| Bone Marrow & Stem Cell Donation Information | |
| Author | African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust |
| Description | leaflet |
| Obtain from | Po Box 670 , Croydon CR9 5DP Tel: 020 8667 1122 email: info@aclt.org |
| URL | http://www.aclt.org |
| Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation | |
| Author | Leukaemia Research Fund |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Leukaemia Research Fund, 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ. Tel: 020 7405 0101. Email: info@lrf.org.uk |
| URL | http://www.lrf.org.uk |
| Going home after a bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplant | |
| Author | Royal Marsden NHS Trust |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Hochland and Hochland Publications Ltd 174A Ashley Road, Hale, Cheshire WA15 9SF Tel: 0161 2734156 Fax: 0161 929 1818 |
| Help Change A Life To Save A Life | |
| Author | African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust |
| Description | Leaflet |
| Obtain from | Po Box 670 Croydon, surrey CR9 5DP Tel: 020 8667 1122 email: info@aclt.org |
| URL | http://www.aclt.org |
| Peripheral stem cell mobilisation and harvesting | |
| Author | Wessex Cancer Trust |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Wessex Cancer Trust, Bellis House, 11 Westwood Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1DL Tel: 023 80672200 Fax: 023 80672266 |
| Understanding stem cell and bone marrow transplants | |
| Author | Cancerbackup |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Online version available Order from Cancerbackup |
| You too could save a life ... become a bone marrow donor | |
| Author | The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust |
| Description | leaflet |
| Obtain from | Donor Recruitment Office, the Anthony Nolan Bone marrow Trust, Po Box 1767, Royal Free Hospital London NW3 4YR Tel: 020 7284 8226 |
Websites
| British Bone Marrow Donor Registry | |
| Description | A national computerised register of donors; part of the National Blood Service. Potential donors should contact them via the website or helpline. |
| URL | http://www.blood.co.uk/pages/marrow_info.html |
All resources in UK patient information guide have been reviewed by Cancerbackup specialist nurses and all details were correct at time of review.
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