Background: Historically, dietary restrictions imposed on patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) were severe and limited to prevent exposure to foodborne organisms. With improvements in supportive care and anti-infective agents, the necessity of the neutropenic diet for...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe associations among symptoms, cytokines, and quality of life (QOL) of patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). Design: Prospective, cross-sectional, cohort. Setting: The bone marrow transplantation unit at a National Cancer Institute–designated cancer...

Background: Considered to be a secondary malignancy, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)–associated post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a potentially fatal complication of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). With 50%–70% of all reported cases of PTLD being associated with EBV,...