First use of antibody and stem cell transplantation to successfully treat advanced leukaemia
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 07:07
in Health & Medicine
For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre 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 leukaemia and pre-leukaemia patients for whom there previously had been no other curative treatment options...
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