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Hi @coloradored. I’ve read several books regarding bone marrow/stem cell transplants from perspective of patients and doctors. This is by far the best!
Living Medicine: Don Thomas Marrow Transplantation and the Cell Therapy Revolution by Fred Applebaum.
The autologous transplant you received using your own cells has been ground breaking in its own right with allowing patients with diseases such as Multiple Myeloma to achieve and hold remissions longer. The Allogeneic transplant, using donor cells either unrelated or related to the patient, faced major challenges in the early years because of the compatibility requirement of the donor cells.
This book is fascinating as it explores the early days of leukemia and the impact of radiation resulting from the atomic bomb, which lead Dr Thomas to the discovery of stem cell transplantation.
Let me know what you think about it!