Autologous stem cell transplantation for soft tissue sarcoma: insufficient research into therapy

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 11:49 in Health & Medicine

Due to a lack of suitable studies, it is unclear whether patients with soft tissue sarcoma can benefit from autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. With this type of therapy, some of the patient's own (autologous) stem cells are removed at a convenient time and generally re-implanted after a course of high-dose chemotherapy. Link:  http://www.iqwig.de/

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