Expanding indications for stem cell transplantation.
OBJECTIVE
To provide an overview of the indications for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), including standard-of-care and experimental diseases.


METHODS
Research studies, book chapters, websites, and articles describing diseases treated with HSCT.


CONCLUSIONS
The indications for HSCT are continually changing and expanding rapidly beyond the traditional use as a treatment for malignant and non malignant diseases.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses who care for transplant patients will need to become knowledgeable of not only the diseases treated traditionally with HSCT, but also the many other diseases or disorders in which HSCT may play a role.
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 987680 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. kschmit@unmc.edu
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Schmit-Pokorny
D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005544:Forecasting; D014943:Global Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012042:Registries; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States