Blood Cancers

New Approach Reduces Toxicity Of Stem Cell Transplantation

Published in Blood Weekly, June 21st, 2001

For people over 50 years of age with leukemia or some other potentially fatal blood cancers, there may now be the option of treatment with a donor stem cell transplant.

Researchers report that low-dose radiation therapy combined with immunosuppressive drugs allows donor stem cell transplants in patients who cannot have conventional stem cell transplants using donor stem cells or their own stem cells. Results from the study were published in the June 1, 2001, issue of the journal Blood.

The toxic effects of conventional stem cell transplants are a major problem for older patients or for younger patents with medical problems. In the Fred...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2001-06-21)

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