[Psychosomatic research on stress in bone marrow transplantation]

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) offers a therapeutic chance for a number of hematologic diseases, but BMT is associated with a number of stressful situations. Prospective longitudinal studies on 30 BMT patients suffering from acute leukemia or CML are reported. The studies refer to stress reactions of patients, stressful situational characteristics of the BMT procedure and psychological features (personality, coping, social support), which potentially modify distress reactions.