Transplants of umbilical-cord blood or bone marrow from unrelated donors in adults with acute leukemia.

V, Rocha; M, Labopin; G, Sanz; W, Arcese; R, Schwerdtfeger; A, Bosi; N, Jacobsen; T, Ruutu; Lima M, de; J, Finke; F, Frassoni; E, Gluckman

doi:10.1056/nejmoa041469

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Transplants of umbilical-cord blood or bone marrow from unrelated donors in adults with acute leukemia.

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Rocha V

Labopin M

Sanz G

Abstract

Background Promising results of cord-blood transplants from unrelated donors have been reported in adults.Methods We compared outcomes in 682 adults with acute leukemia who received a hematopoietic stem-cell transplant from an unrelated donor: 98 received cord blood and 584 received bone marrow. The...

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