First Use Of Antibody And Stem Cell Transplantation To Successfully Treat Advanced Leukemia
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
For the first time, researchers 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.