Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10909206 | Leukemia Research | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report the results of unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) after myeloablative conditioning regimen in 16 patients with hematologic malignancies from 15 to 20 years old. The median times of myeloid and platelet engraftment were 21 and 38 days, respectively. The cumulative incidences of acute graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) was 62.0%, all of which were grade I or II, and that of extensive-type chronic GVHD was 12.5%. The probabilities of overall and disease-free survival at 3 years were 68.2% and 48.6%, respectively, comparable to adult or childhood cases. Adolescents and young adult patients with hematologic malignancies who have no HLA-matched adult donors could be considered as candidates for CBT.
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Authors
Yasuhiro Ebihara, Satoshi Takahashi, Shinji Mochizuki, Seiko Kato, Toshiro Kawakita, Jun Ooi, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Fumitaka Nagamura, Arinobu Tojo, Shigetaka Asano, Kohichiro Tsuji,