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Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Patient and Family Education

The Greenebaum Cancer Center offers the following resources to help patients and their families cope with blood and marrow transplants.

What You Need to Know About Transplant: Pre-Transplant Class

Cancer Overviews:

• Hodgkin's Disease
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Multiple Myeloma
• Testicular cancer
• Leukemia (acute and chronic)

Videos:

• Leukemia and Lymphoma - Dr. Maria Baer (27 mins)

Patient Guides:

• Autologous
• Allogeneic Transplants

Patient Success Stories
Read stories from cancer patients and their families.

Medical Encyclopedia Articles:

• Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Bone Marrow Transplant
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Useful Links
A list of outside websites with information about blood and marrow transplants.

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General Cancer Information

We also offer the following resources that provide more general information on dealing with cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Weekly Wednesday Wellness Workshop
Presentations by UMGCC staff on coping with cancer.

Audio/Videos on Cancer
Interviews with our cancer experts and cancer survivors.

Patient Handbook (PDF)
What you need to know when coming to UMGCC for cancer care.

Dealing with Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment

Clinical Trials for Cancer
Everything you need to know about taking part in a clinical trial for cancer.

Patient Drug Information

Select... Carboplatic Carboplatin Paclitaxel Bevacizumab Gemcitabine Premetrexed Tarceva Ixabepilone Cisplatin Etoposide Hycamtin Doxorubicin Docetaxel Cytoxan 5fu Camptosar Liposomal Doxorubicin Leucovorin Rituximab Bortezimib Vincristine Revlimid Thalidomide Xeloda

(Source: UptoDate electronic information resource for clinicians and patients)

Patient-Friendly Oncology Web Sites

Dictionary of Cancer Terms

This page was last updated on: September 15, 2011.

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