Advanced Leukemia Successfully Treated With First Use Of Antibody And Stem Cell Transplantation

 07.11.2009 04:12   medicalnewstoday.com

For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 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.

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