Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation for the Virologist
Haematology, cancer therapy, cellular therapy and the transplant journey — written as clinical notes for virologists who care for infections in cancer and transplant patients.
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At a glance
Contents
I. Foundations
Haematopoiesis and the blood count; the immune system; how cancer develops (including viral oncogenesis); diagnosis, grading and staging.
II. Haematological malignancies
Acute leukaemias; MDS, MPN and CML; lymphomas and CLL; myeloma; non-malignant diseases treated by transplant.
III. Solid tumours
What the virologist needs to know about common solid cancers.
IV. Treatment and its consequences
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted drugs, antibodies, bispecifics, checkpoint inhibitors, CAR-T, supportive care and emergencies.
V. Immunosuppression and infection
The net state of immunosuppression; viral infections outside transplantation; vaccination.
VI. Stem cell transplantation
Indications, donors and HLA, mobilisation, conditioning, Day 0, engraftment, GVHD, immune reconstitution, CMV, EBV and other viruses, complications, relapse, late effects, revaccination, and the transplant unit day by day.
Licence and use
© 2026 Saranga Sumathipala. Text and diagrams are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Third-party photographs from Wikimedia Commons keep their own licences — see image credits.
Suggested citation: Sumathipala S. Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation for the Virologist: A Clinical Companion. 1st ed. 2026. Open access, CC BY 4.0.
Prepared with the assistance of an AI tool (Claude, Anthropic) for drafting, figures and reference checking; the author directed the work and is responsible for it. For education only — check current guidelines and local protocols before clinical use.