Monday, December 03, 2007

'Mini-transplant' patients' outcomes similar using related and unrelated donor cells

Source: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Date: December 03, 2007

Summary:

People who undergo nonmyeloablative stem-cell transplants, or “mini transplants,” for leukemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers have comparable outcomes regardless of whether they receive tissue-matched stem cells from a related or unrelated donor, according to new findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.