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Evaluation of the risk of therapy-related MDS/AML after autologous stem cell transplantation.
Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation - 1 Jan 2002
Gilliland D Gary, Gribben John G
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A major complication of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is the development of therapy-related myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). This complication likely results from previous exposure of the autologous stem cells to chemotherapy as well as to the high doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy that are used as part of the conditioning regimen. A number of centers...
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