Bone marrow transplant survival more than doubles for young high-risk leukemia patients
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
Bone marrow transplant survival more than doubled in recent years for young, high-risk leukemia patients treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, with patients who lacked genetically matched donors recording the most significant gains. The results are believed to be the best ever reported for leukemia patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation.