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Sibling versus unrelated donor allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia: refined HLA matching reveals more graft-versus-host disease but not less relapse.

Weisdorf DJ, Nelson G, Lee SJ, Haagenson M, Spellman S, Antin JH, Bolwell B, Cahn JY, Cervantes F, Copelan E, Gale R, Gratwohl A, Khoury HJ, McCarthy P, Marks DI, Szer J, Woolfrey A, Cortes-Franco J, Horowitz MM, Arora M; Chronic Leukemia Working Committee.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Nov;15(11):1475-8. Epub 2009 Aug 19.PMID: 19822308 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Incidence and reasons for late failure after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation following BuCy2 in acute myeloid leukaemia.

Pant S, Hamadani M, Dodds AJ, Szer J, Crilley PA, Stevenson D, Phillips G, Elder P, Nivison-Smith I, Avalos BR, Penza S, Topolsky D, Sobecks R, Kalaycio M, Bolwell BJ, Copelan EA.

Br J Haematol. 2009 Oct 11. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19821825 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Relative survival of long-term hematopoietic cell transplant recipients approaches general population rates.

Nivison-Smith I, Simpson JM, Dodds AJ, Ma DD, Szer J, Bradstock KF.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Oct;15(10):1323-30. Epub 2009 Aug 3.PMID: 19747641 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The BH3 mimetic compound, ABT-737, synergizes with a range of cytotoxic chemotherapy agents in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Mason KD, Khaw SL, Rayeroux KC, Chew E, Lee EF, Fairlie WD, Grigg AP, Seymour JF, Szer J, Huang DC, Roberts AW.

Leukemia. 2009 Nov;23(11):2034-41. Epub 2009 Jul 30.PMID: 19641525 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Late mortality and relapse following BuCy2 and HLA-identical sibling marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Copelan EA, Crilley PA, Szer J, Dodds AJ, Stevenson D, Phillips G, Elder P, Nivison-Smith I, Avalos BR, Penza S, Topolsky D, Sobecks R, Kalaycio M, Bolwell BJ.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Jul;15(7):851-5.PMID: 19539217 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The journal in 2008.

Szer J.

Intern Med J. 2009 Jan;39(1):1-4. No abstract available. PMID: 19290979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Osteonecrosis of the jaw complicating bisphosphonate treatment for bone disease in multiple myeloma: an overview with recommendations for prevention and treatment.

Dickinson M, Prince HM, Kirsa S, Zannettino A, Gibbs SD, Mileshkin L, O'Grady J, Seymour JF, Szer J, Horvath N, Joshua DE.

Intern Med J. 2009 May;39(5):304-16. Epub 2008 Nov 3.PMID: 19220531 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Impact of prior imatinib mesylate on the outcome of hematopoietic cell transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia.

Lee SJ, Kukreja M, Wang T, Giralt SA, Szer J, Arora M, Woolfrey AE, Cervantes F, Champlin RE, Gale RP, Halter J, Keating A, Marks DI, McCarthy PL, Olavarria E, Stadtmauer EA, Abecasis M, Gupta V, Khoury HJ, George B, Hale GA, Liesveld JL, Rizzieri DA, Antin JH, Bolwell BJ, Carabasi MH, Copelan E, Ilhan O, Litzow MR, Schouten HC, Zander AR, Horowitz MM, Maziarz RT.

Blood. 2008 Oct 15;112(8):3500-7. Epub 2008 Jul 29.PMID: 18664621 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A single dose of pegfilgrastim compared with daily filgrastim for supporting neutrophil recovery in patients treated for low-to-intermediate risk acute myeloid leukemia: results from a randomized, double-blind, phase 2 trial.

Sierra J, Szer J, Kassis J, Herrmann R, Lazzarino M, Thomas X, Noga SJ, Baker N, Dansey R, Bosi A.

BMC Cancer. 2008 Jul 10;8:195.PMID: 18616811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antifungal prophylaxis in adult stem cell transplantation and haematological malignancy.

Slavin MA, Heath CH, Thursky KA, Morrissey CO, Szer J, Ling LM, Milliken ST, Grigg AP.

Intern Med J. 2008 Jun;38(6b):468-76.PMID: 18588520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mannose-binding lectin status is associated with risk of major infection following myeloablative sibling allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Mullighan CG, Heatley SL, Danner S, Dean MM, Doherty K, Hahn U, Bradstock KF, Minchinton R, Schwarer AP, Szer J, Bardy PG.

Blood. 2008 Sep 1;112(5):2120-8. Epub 2008 Jun 13.PMID: 18552214 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Eculizumab, a terminal complement inhibitor, improves anaemia in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria.

Schubert J, Hillmen P, Röth A, Young NS, Elebute MO, Szer J, Gianfaldoni G, Socié G, Browne P, Geller R, Rother RP, Muus P; TRIUMPH Study Investigators.

Br J Haematol. 2008 Jun;142(2):263-72. Epub 2008 May 22.PMID: 18503589 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Long-term toxicity of allogeneic stem cell transplantation in fludarabine-refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Gill S, Grigg A, Szer J, Ritchie D.

Leuk Lymphoma. 2008 May;49(5):896-901. Erratum in: Leuk Lymphoma. 2008 Jun;49(6):1223. Grigg, Anoren [corrected to Grigg, Andrew]. PMID: 18464108 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Harvesting haemopoietic stem cells for future use: rainy days, real or imagined?

Szer J.

Intern Med J. 2008 Apr;38(4):227-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18380699 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cyclosporin, methotrexate and prednisolone for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis in allogeneic peripheral blood progenitor cell transplants.

Hoyt R, Ritchie DS, Roberts AW, Macgregor L, Curtis DJ, Szer J, Grigg AP.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Apr;41(7):651-8. Epub 2008 Jan 7.PMID: 18176619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Focal lesions on magnetic resonance imaging in aplastic anaemia: multiple metastases or haemopoietic marrow.

Gupta G, Robertson P, Szer J.

Australas Radiol. 2007 Oct;51 Spec No.:B110-4.PMID: 17875129 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of the complement inhibitor eculizumab on thromboembolism in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

Hillmen P, Muus P, Dührsen U, Risitano AM, Schubert J, Luzzatto L, Schrezenmeier H, Szer J, Brodsky RA, Hill A, Socié G, Bessler M, Rollins SA, Bell L, Rother RP, Young NS.

Blood. 2007 Dec 1;110(12):4123-8. Epub 2007 Aug 16.PMID: 17702897 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Australia and New Zealand, 1992-2004.

Nivison-Smith I, Bradstock KF, Dodds AJ, Hawkins PA, Ma DD, Moore JJ, Simpson JM, Szer J.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 Aug;13(8):905-12. Epub 2007 May 23.PMID: 17640594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Breakthrough Scedosporium prolificans infection while receiving voriconazole prophylaxis in an allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient.

Tong SY, Peleg AY, Yoong J, Handke R, Szer J, Slavin M.

Transpl Infect Dis. 2007 Sep;9(3):241-3. Epub 2007 Jul 1.PMID: 17605752 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomized comparison of empiric or pre-emptive antibiotic therapy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Slavin MA, Grigg AP, Schwarer AP, Szer J, Spencer A, Sainani A, Thursky KA, Roberts AW.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2007 Jul;40(2):157-63. Epub 2007 Apr 30.PMID: 17468774 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Equivalent survival for sibling and unrelated donor allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia.

Moore J, Nivison-Smith I, Goh K, Ma D, Bradstock K, Szer J, Durrant S, Schwarer A, Bardy P, Herrmann R, Dodds A.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 May;13(5):601-7. Epub 2007 Mar 23.PMID: 17448920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A prospective multicenter trial of peripheral blood stem cell sibling allografts for acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission using fludarabine-cyclophosphamide reduced intensity conditioning.

Grigg AP, Gibson J, Bardy PG, Reynolds J, Shuttleworth P, Koelmeyer RL, Szer J, Roberts AW, To LB, Kennedy G, Bradstock KF.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 May;13(5):560-7. Epub 2007 Feb 22.PMID: 17448915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Caspofungin as salvage monotherapy for invasive aspergillosis in patients with haematological malignancies or following allogeneic stem cell transplantation: efficacy and concomitant cyclosporin A.

Morrissey CO, Slavin MA, O'Reilly MA, Daffy JR, Seymour JF, Schwarer AP, Szer J.

Mycoses. 2007;50 Suppl 1:24-37. Erratum in: Mycoses. 2008 Mar;51(2):179. PMID: 17394607 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The hyper-CVAD-rituximab chemotherapy programme followed by high-dose busulfan, melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation produces excellent event-free survival in patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma.

Ritchie DS, Seymour JF, Grigg AP, Roberts AW, Hoyt R, Thompson S, Szer J, Prince HM.

Ann Hematol. 2007 Feb;86(2):101-5. Epub 2006 Nov 7.PMID: 17089127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The complement inhibitor eculizumab in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

Hillmen P, Young NS, Schubert J, Brodsky RA, Socié G, Muus P, Röth A, Szer J, Elebute MO, Nakamura R, Browne P, Risitano AM, Hill A, Schrezenmeier H, Fu CL, Maciejewski J, Rollins SA, Mojcik CF, Rother RP, Luzzatto L.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Sep 21;355(12):1233-43.PMID: 16990386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Female genital tract graft-versus-host disease: incidence, risk factors and recommendations for management.

Zantomio D, Grigg AP, MacGregor L, Panek-Hudson Y, Szer J, Ayton R.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006 Oct;38(8):567-72. Epub 2006 Sep 4.PMID: 16953208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic heterogeneity of granulocytes for the JAK2 V617F mutation in essential thrombocythaemia: implications for mutation detection in peripheral blood.

Stevenson WS, Hoyt R, Bell A, Guipponi M, Juneja S, Grigg AP, Curtis DJ, Scott HS, Szer J, Alexander WS, Tuckfield A, Roberts AW.

Pathology. 2006 Aug;38(4):336-42.PMID: 16916724 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Zoledronic acid prevents bone loss after allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation.

D'Souza AB, Grigg AP, Szer J, Ebeling PR.

Intern Med J. 2006 Sep;36(9):600-3.PMID: 16911552 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Images in haematology. Relapsed blastic natural killer cell leukaemia with splenic rupture.

Chee LC, Fahey V, Juneja S, Lieschke GJ, Szer J.

Br J Haematol. 2006 Oct;135(1):2. Epub 2006 Jul 18. No abstract available. PMID: 16848796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomized, open-label, multicenter comparative study of the efficacy and safety of piperacillin-tazobactam and cefepime for the empirical treatment of febrile neutropenic episodes in patients with hematologic malignancies.

Bow EJ, Rotstein C, Noskin GA, Laverdiere M, Schwarer AP, Segal BH, Seymour JF, Szer J, Sanche S.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 15;43(4):447-59. Epub 2006 Jul 10.PMID: 16838234 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pamidronate reduces bone loss after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Grigg AP, Shuttleworth P, Reynolds J, Schwarer AP, Szer J, Bradstock K, Hui C, Herrmann R, Ebeling PR.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Oct;91(10):3835-43. Epub 2006 Jul 11.PMID: 16835281 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation with peripheral blood stem cells mobilized by pegylated G-CSF.

Hill GR, Morris ES, Fuery M, Hutchins C, Butler J, Grigg A, Roberts A, Bradstock K, Szer J, Kennedy G, Morton J, Durrant S.

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2006 Jun;12(6):603-7.PMID: 16737933 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Democracy or dictatorship at the bedside?

Szer J.

Intern Med J. 2006 May;36(5):275. No abstract available. PMID: 16650190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduced-intensity allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation induces durable responses in patients with chronic B-lymphoproliferative disorders.

Hertzberg M, Grigg A, Gottlieb D, Szer J, Roberts A, Hoyt R, Huang G, Bradstock KF.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006 May;37(10):923-8.PMID: 16565735 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improved leukemia-free survival after postconsolidation immunotherapy with histamine dihydrochloride and interleukin-2 in acute myeloid leukemia: results of a randomized phase 3 trial.

Brune M, Castaigne S, Catalano J, Gehlsen K, Ho AD, Hofmann WK, Hogge DE, Nilsson B, Or R, Romero AI, Rowe JM, Simonsson B, Spearing R, Stadtmauer EA, Szer J, Wallhult E, Hellstrand K.

Blood. 2006 Jul 1;108(1):88-96. Epub 2006 Mar 23.PMID: 16556892 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Donor methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype is associated with graft-versus-host disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients treated with methotrexate.

Murphy N, Diviney M, Szer J, Bardy P, Grigg A, Hoyt R, King B, Macgregor L, Holdsworth R, McCluskey J, Tait BD.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006 Apr;37(8):773-9.PMID: 16518429 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

More on Myb in myelofibrosis: molecular analyses of MYB and EP300 in 55 patients with myeloproliferative disorders.

Steensma DP, Pardanani A, Stevenson WS, Hoyt R, Kiu H, Grigg AP, Szer J, Juneja S, Hilton DJ, Alexander WS, Roberts AW.

Blood. 2006 Feb 15;107(4):1733-5; author reply 1735. No abstract available. PMID: 16461764 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Long-term survival data from a phase 3 study of Filgrastim as an adjunct to chemotherapy in adults with de novo acute myeloid leukemia.

Heil G, Hoelzer D, Sanz MA, Lechner K, Noens L, Szer J, Ganser A, Matcham J, Renwick J; International Acute Myeloid Leukemia Study Group.

Leukemia. 2006 Mar;20(3):404-9.PMID: 16424872 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nocardia infection following bone marrow transplantation.

Carradice D, Szer J.

Intern Med J. 2005 Nov;35(11):688. No abstract available. PMID: 16248871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sustained remission, possibly cure, of seronegative arthritis after high-dose chemotherapy and syngeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

McColl GJ, Szer J, Wicks IP.

Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Oct;52(10):3322. No abstract available. PMID: 16200571 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The immunophenotype of acute myeloid leukemia: is there a relationship with prognosis?

Mason KD, Juneja SK, Szer J.

Blood Rev. 2006 Mar;20(2):71-82. Epub 2005 Sep 23. Review.PMID: 16185796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recombinant activated factor VII in treatment of bleeding complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Pihusch M, Bacigalupo A, Szer J, von Depka Prondzinski M, Gaspar-Blaudschun B, Hyveled L, Brenner B; F7BMT-1360 Trial Investigators.

J Thromb Haemost. 2005 Sep;3(9):1935-44.PMID: 16102099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Enzyme replacement therapy for Gaucher disease in Australia.

Goldblatt J, Szer J, Fletcher JM, McGill J, Rowell JA, Wilson M.

Intern Med J. 2005 Mar;35(3):156-61.PMID: 15737135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation in Australia and New Zealand, 1992-2001: progress report from the Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry.

Nivison-Smith I, Bradstock KF, Dodds AJ, Hawkins PA, Szer J.

Intern Med J. 2005 Jan;35(1):18-27.PMID: 15667464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cerebral nocardiosis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

Carradice D, Szer J.

Intern Med J. 2004 Dec;34(12):698-9. No abstract available. PMID: 15610216 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Optimal scheduling to reduce morbidity of involved field radiotherapy with transplantation for lymphomas: a prospective Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group Study.

Wirth A, Prince HM, Wolf M, Stone JM, Matthews J, Gibson J, Macleod C, Szer J, Grigg A, To B, Roos D, Schwarer AP, Davis S; Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2005 Feb;35(3):291-8.PMID: 15558040 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Staged autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation for Ewing sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma.

Ritchie DS, Grigg AP, Roberts AW, Rosenthal MA, Fox RM, Szer J.

Intern Med J. 2004 Jul;34(7):431-4. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15271179 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A pilot study of targeted itraconazole prophylaxis in patients with graft-versus-host disease at high risk of invasive mould infections following allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Grigg AP, Brown M, Roberts AW, Szer J, Slavin MA.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2004 Sep;34(5):447-53.PMID: 15247932 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomized trial of high-versus conventional-dose cytarabine in consolidation chemotherapy for adult de novo acute myeloid leukemia in first remission after induction therapy containing high-dose cytarabine.

Bradstock KF, Matthews JP, Lowenthal RM, Baxter H, Catalano J, Brighton T, Gill D, Eliadis P, Joshua D, Cannell P, Schwarer AP, Durrant S, Gillett A, Koutts J, Taylor K, Bashford J, Arthur C, Enno A, Dunlop L, Szer J, Leahy M, Juneja S, Young GA; Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group.

Blood. 2005 Jan 15;105(2):481-8. Epub 2004 Jun 22.PMID: 15213095 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk factors for post-engraftment invasive aspergillosis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Thursky K, Byrnes G, Grigg A, Szer J, Slavin M.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2004 Jul;34(2):115-21.PMID: 15156166 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles