Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Myelodysplastic syndromes".)
International
●International Pediatric Fever and Neutropenia Guideline Panel: Guideline for the management of fever and neutropenia in pediatric patients with cancer and hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients, update (2023)
●National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR): Guidelines on the selection of unrelated donors and cord blood units for hematopoietic cell transplantation (2019)
●Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium (PBMTC): Consensus statement on the late effects screening guidelines after hematopoietic cell transplantation for inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (2017)
Canada
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely give immunoglobulin replacement to adult hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients in the absence of recurrent infections regardless of the IgG level (2020)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely use peripheral blood stem cells for patients with aplastic anemia when a suitable bone marrow donor is available due to a higher risk of graft-versus-host disease (2020)
●Cancer Care Ontario (CCO): Consensus pathology recommendations for complex malignant hematology (2016)
●CCO: Stem cell transplantation in myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia (2012)
United States
●American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT): Practice guideline for the evaluation of children with malignancies for blood and marrow transplantation (2023)
●ASTCT: An expert panel opinion on bone health management after hematopoietic cell transplantation (2020)
●Fanconi Anemia Research Fund (FARF): Fanconi anemia clinical care guidelines, 5th edition (2020)
●American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/American Society of Hematology (ASH): Clinical practice guideline for the management of cancer-associated anemia with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, update (2019)
●European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT), Eastern Mediterranean Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EMBMT), and Physical Therapy Association for Graft Versus Host Disease (PTAGVHD): Role of physical therapy before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation − White paper report (2019)
●National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR): Guidelines on the selection of unrelated donors and cord blood units for hematopoietic cell transplantation (2019)
●ASCO and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline for outpatient management of fever and neutropenia in adults treated for malignancy, update (2018)
●College of American Pathologists (CAP) and ASH: Guideline on the initial diagnostic workup of acute leukemia (2017)
●ASBMT: Guidelines on indications for autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (2015)
●Dyskeratosis Congenita Outreach (DCO): Dyskeratosis congenita and telomere biology disorders – Diagnosis and management guidelines (2015)
●ASBMT: Recommended screening and preventative practices for long-term survivors after hematopoietic cell transplantation (2012)
Europe
●European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO): Myelodysplastic syndromes – Clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (2020)
●European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT): A position paper on anti-complement treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria – Time for proximal complement inhibition? (2019)
●EBMT, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT), Eastern Mediterranean Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EMBMT), and Physical Therapy Association for Graft Versus Host Disease (PTAGVHD): Role of physical therapy before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation − White paper report (2019)
●EBMT: Consensus guidelines for the detection and treatment of donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) in haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation (2018)
●EBMT: Recommendations on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (2015)
United Kingdom
●British Society for Haematology (BSH): Paediatric amendment to adult BSH guidelines for aplastic anaemia (2018)
•BSH: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of adult aplastic anaemia (2016)
●Choosing Wisely UK: Royal College of Pathologists – Don't transfuse red cells for iron deficiency anaemia without haemodynamic instability (2018)
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on blood transfusion (2015)
●NICE: Clinical guideline on neutropenic sepsis – Prevention and management in people with cancer (2012)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Hematology (JSH): Hematopoietic tumor clinical practice guidelines (2018)
