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Important milestones in acute leukemia in 2013.
Best practice & research. Clinical haematology - 1 Sept 2013
Rowe Jacob M
Abstract excerpt
This year marked the occurrence of several important milestones in the treatment of acute leukemias. First, the standard 7 + 3 protocol for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) was developed 40 years ago, and with some adaptations, has stood the test of time. Second, the 1 millionth hematopoietic cell transplant was recorded this year. Stem cell transplant, the first reported by Dr E. Donnall Thomas in 1957, had been...
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