First use of antibody and stem cell transplantation to successfully treat advanced leukemia
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 01:56
in Health & Medicine
For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have reported the use of a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem cell transplant, to successfully treat a group of leukemia and pre-leukemia patients for whom there previously had been no other curative treatment options.
