Older age doesn't affect survival after bone marrow transplant
Monday, December 8, 2008 - 10:59
in Health & Medicine
Age alone should not determine whether an older patient with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome receives a blood stem cell transplant from a matched donor, researchers of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research reported today at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.
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