Consolidation chemotherapy is a less intensive post-remission maintenance therapy than a stem cell transplant.
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Her quality of life and life expectancy would be improved by a successful stem cell transplant.
Belle, who lives in Canterbury in Kent, has been treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and a stem cell transplant.
She also received a stem cell transplant where her own treated cells were used, but this was not effective.
The haematopoietic stem cell transplant unit, with 10 single en-suite rooms, has been built in the hospital's former Bracken ward.
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Under his care in 2010, Rafi was the eighth child in the world to undergo a stem cell transplant for treatment of EB.
People from Devon and Cornwall who need protective isolation after a stem cell transplant now no longer have to travel to Bristol or London.
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In a small number of patients, a stem cell transplant can be curative, but the therapy can also be fatal, especially in older patients.
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The preferred therapy for many with AML is stem cell transplant.
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Amidst relapses, a stem cell transplant, 12-hour workdays, and all while raising two kids, Giusti managed to accomplish the unimaginable as both a patient and a catalyst for change.
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In particular, it is crucial to find out whether this is associated with the timing of the treatment or possible side effects of it rather than the stem cell transplant itself.
As a pediatric oncologist and stem cell transplant specialist, his area of focus was initially cancer research, but he saw a challenge -- and an unmet need -- in rare diseases like EB.
It was then restored with a stem-cell transplant from a patient with the mutation.
The group worked so well as a team, it managed to exceed its recruiting goals, even during the six months she was gone for a stem-cell transplant in 2002.
After receiving a bone marrow transplant and stem cell treatment from an umbilical cord donated by a woman in the USA, his condition seemed to improve.
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