Phototherapy, photochemotherapy, and bone marrow transplantation. J Hematother 1993;2(1):43-62
Date
01/01/1993Pubmed ID
7921966DOI
10.1089/scd.1.1993.2.43Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0027190708 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 21 CitationsAbstract
Recent preclinical and clinical investigations indicate that phototherapy and photochemotherapy may have applications that go far beyond their "traditional" roles in the treatment of skin disorders, selected solid tumors, and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Bone marrow transplantation is one area that may benefit substantially from these new developments. This review focuses on new applications of phototherapy and photochemotherapy that pertain to the inactivation of tumor cells in autologous bone marrow grafts, the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease, the prevention of transfusion-induced allosensitization and graft rejection, and the inactivation of pathogenic viruses and parasites in bone marrow grafts and blood products.
Author List
Sieber FAuthor
Fritz Sieber PhD Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsAntiviral Agents
Blood
Bone Marrow Purging
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Graft Rejection
Graft vs Host Disease
Humans
Immunization
Infection Control
Mice
Neoplasms
Neoplastic Stem Cells
Photochemotherapy
Photosensitizing Agents
Phototherapy
Pyrimidinones
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Transfusion Reaction