Breaking dogmata to help patients: non-myeloablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Informa Healthcare in Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
- Vol. 4 (10) , 1693-1699
- https://doi.org/10.1517/14712598.4.10.1693
Abstract
Various dogmata have been broken as a consequence of the evolution of knowledge in the area of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation. The following is now clear: for the successful engraftment of allogeneic HSC, bone marrow ablation of the recipient is not required; HSCs create their own space through graft-versus-host reactions; several malignancies can be eradicated by the graft-versus-tumour effect; HSC allografting can be conducted on an out-patient basis; HSC allografting can be done in aged or debilitated individuals; HSC allografting can be achieved without transfusion of blood products; and the costs of the allografting procedures can be substantially diminished. Despite the fact that HSC allografting with reduced intensity conditioning may be related to several disadvantages, such as mixed chimaerism and relapse of the malignancy, breaking these dogmata has resulted in availability of HSC allografting to a larger number of individuals worldwide, thus offering true curative the...Keywords
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