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SUBMITTER: Getta BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7386429 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 20170320 7
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) is the only curative treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The proportion of MDS patients referred for transplantation evaluation, those undergoing transplantation, and the reasons for not undergoing transplantation are unknown. In this retrospective analysis, predefined HCT eligibility and indications criteria were applied to 362 unselected patients with newly diagnosed MDS seen by leukemia faculty between 2008 and 2015 at Memoria ...[more]