Adult Bone Marrow Transplant News
Adult Bone-Marrow Transplant News is a publication presenting the latest information on hematopoietic stem cell transplantion research at SCCA, providing up-to-date information for all health-care professionals caring for transplant patients.
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Update - Nov 2012
Date: November 30, 2012In this issue we cover the following pertinent topics:
- SCCA Tests Allogeneic Transplantation as a Cure for Severe Crohn’s Disease
- Now Enrolling: Alternative Donor Transplant Study for Patients Lacking HLA Match
- Measuring the Price of Success: Cost-Effectiveness Study of Alternative Donor Transplants
- Rituximab Shifts Lymphoma Landscape. But What About Patients Still Out of the Picture?
Bone Marrow Transplant Update - May 2012
Date: May 23, 2012In this issue, read about:
- New multi-center haplo and cord-blood transplant trial
- Paul V. O’Donnell, MD, PhD—BMT expert
- Engineered T cells to treat leukemia and lymphoma
Bone Marrow Transplant Update - Jan 2011
Date: January 24, 2011In this issue, read about:
- Alternative Donor Program Offers Oustanding Outcomes to Unmatched Donors
- "Mini-transplants" Expand Eligibility for Older Patients and Those with Co-morbidities
- Mini-tranplant plus Gleevec Improves Outcomes for Ph+ ALL Patients
- Paul O'Donnell, MD, PhD, Providing Evidence-based Care to Cancer Patients
Bone Marrow Transplant Update - March 2010
Date: March 22, 2010In this issue, read about:
- Tandem transplants – New idea under investigation in patients with multiple myeloma and occasionally in patients with very advanced non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
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Mini-transplant plus Gleevec improves outcome for
Ph+ ALL patients - Life-saving protocols for your patients with hematologic malignancies
- New patient housing facility at SCCA
- Transplant program at SCCA ranks first in one-year survival rates
Transplantation Consultation
If you are considering referring a patient for a bone marrow or stem cell transplant and want to discuss treatment options with a physician, please call our intake office and ask to speak to the clinical coordinator—a physician transplant specialist from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Call (206) 288-SCCA (7222) or (800) 804-8824.
Bone Marrow Transplant Update
Date: March 31, 2009Fred Hutchinson Transplant Program at SCCA
In this issue, read how the SCCA Transplant Program Ranks First in One-Year Survival Rates
Fred Hutchinson Transplant Program at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance was one of only two bone marrow transplant programs nationwide that consistently outperformed the expected one-year survival rate for unrelated donor transplants, according to an independent report that assessed 122 transplant centers over a five-year period.
Adult Bone Marrow Transplant News
Date: May 01, 2008Outcomes Studies Reveal Patients’ Post-Transplant Experiences
"Recovering from a bone-marrow or stem-cell transplant doesn’t end when you come home from the transplant center, or even in the first year or the first five years. Recovery is ongoing. We’re trying to enhance health and wellbeing for the rest of the transplant recipient’s lifespan,” says Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH. She is among the many researchers studying hematopoietic cell transplant outcomes at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Adult Bone Marrow Transplant News
Date: March 01, 2007Nonmyeloablative Regimens and Mini-Transplants Provide Transplant Options
Nonmyeloablative regimens open marrow or blood stem cell transplant to more patients while mini-transplants may be an option for elderly or medically compromised patients.
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