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Pursuing the Goal of a Donor for Everyone in Need
18 Oct 2012
Abstract excerpt
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation can be a lifesaving treatment for many patients with hematologic cancers. However, less than 30% of patients have an HLA-matched family member to serve as a donor, and with the shrinking size of the average family in the United States, this percentage is expected to drop. The first successful unrelated-donor transplantation for leukemia was performed in 1979,...
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