Stem Cell Transplantation
Researchers' data advance stem cell transplantation research
Published in Blood Weekly, April 6th, 2006
Study 1: There is a high cure rate of isolated central nervous system relapse by allogeneic stem cell transplantation in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
According to recent research from Japan, "The prognosis of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and central nervous system (CNS) relapse has historically been very poor.
"Although chemoradiotherapy has improved outcomes, some patients still have a poor prognosis after CNS relapse. Therefore, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) has recently...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2006-04-06)
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