Leukemia Therapy
High stem-cell dose hastens platelet recovery after auto-SCT
Published in Blood Weekly, December 25th, 2003
In a recent study, scientists in the United States examined "platelet engraftment in 58 patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first remission treated with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) to determine whether CD34+ cell doses >10 x 106/kg were associated with faster platelet engraftment."
"We compared engraftment rates in patients receiving CD34+ doses between 5 and 10 x 106/kg (standard-dose ASCT) with those receiving doses {{>=}}10 x 106/kg (high-dose [HD] ASCT)," explained N. Gunn and coauthors at the University of...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2003-12-25)
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