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Marrow Transplants from Unrelated Donors for the Treatment of High-Risk Acute Leukemia

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Acute Leukemias VII

Part of the book series: Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion ((HAEMATOLOGY,volume 39))

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Abstract

Transplantation of allogeneic stem cells has become a well established treatment for a variety of hematological malignancies including poor-risk acute leukemias [1]. This procedure has the highest probability of success if donor and recipient are closely HLA-matched. For patients without a suitable relative, one option is to identify an HLA-identical unrelated volunteer donor [2]. Despite the enormous polymorphism of HLA genes, the probability of finding a compatible unrelated donor is increasing since the international registries contain now more than 3.5 million HLA-typed volunteers. Shortening the time needed for the donor search has made unrelated donor bone marrow transplants (URD-BMT) a realistic alternative for the treatment of patients with acute leukemia. Five-hundred ninety-five URD-BMT were facilitated by the U.S. National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) for the treatment of acute leukemias between 1989 and 1993 [3].

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Sierra, J., Bjerke, J.W., Hansen, J.A., Martin, P.J., Petersdorf, E.W., Anasetti, C. (1998). Marrow Transplants from Unrelated Donors for the Treatment of High-Risk Acute Leukemia. In: Hiddemann, W., et al. Acute Leukemias VII. Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71960-8_156

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