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Multiple Myeloma-14:16 Translocation- ASCT Yes/No?
a typical course of hyperbaric oxygen treatments increases by eight-fold the number of stem cells circulating in a patient’s body-this therapy can be beneficial for collection as well as engraftment Hi
Continue readingStem Cell Transplant Increased Multiple Myeloma Survival?
The top article linked and excerpted below documents how improvements in the aggressive, high-dose therapy- an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT)- has improved overall survival for newly diagnosed
Continue readingASCT Now or Later? No Diff-
“Meta-regression analyses failed to demonstrate any association between CR or VGPR with either overall survival or progression-free survival both in patients receiving autologous stem cell transplant
Continue readingLate Effects, Death from Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
“ASCT patients who have survived for at least 5 years post-transplantation are at a fourfold to ninefold increased risk of late mortality for as long as 30 years from ASCT, producing an estimated
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