Organ-specific management and supportive care in chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Abstract

A joint working group established by the Haemato-oncology subgroup of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology and the British Society for Bone Marrow Transplantation has reviewed the available literature and made recommendations for the supportive care and management of organ-specific complications of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD). This guideline includes recommendations for the specific therapy of skin, oral, liver, gut, lung, ocular and genital manifestations of cGvHD and for the supportive care of these patients, including vaccinations and prophylaxis against infection. The goal of treatment should be effective control of GvHD while minimizing the risk of toxicity and relapse.

• Authors: Fiona L Dignan, Julia J Scarisbrick, Jacqueline Cornish, Andrew Clark, Persis Amrolia, Graham Jackson, Prem Mahendra, Peter C Taylor, Pallav Shah, Sue Lightman, Farida Fortune, Christopher Kibbler, Jervoise Andreyev, Assunta Albanese, Nedim Hadzic, Michael N Potter, Bronwen E Shaw, Haemato-oncology Task Force of British Committee for Standards in Haematology, British Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
• Journal: British journal of haematology (Br J Haematol) Vol. 158 Issue 1 Pg. 62-78 (Jul 2012) ISSN: 1365-2141 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 22533889 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Practice Guideline)
• Copyright: © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Topics

• Chronic Disease
• Disease Management
• Graft vs Host Disease (complications, therapy)
• Humans
• Palliative Care (methods, standards)