Stem cells from umbilical cord blood - CML
"Stem cell transplant is not a common treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) today. In the past, before tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) were available, SCT was often used to treat CML. Now, TKIs are the standard treatment, and transplants are being used far less often."
Extract from Stem cell transplant for chronic myeloid leukemia
Technological advance
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using single UM171-expanded cord blood
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using single UM171-expanded cord blood
VIDEOS
La Banque clinico-recherche de sang de cordon du CUSM / MUHC Clinical Research Cord Blood Bank
November 2009, MUHC Clinical Research Cord Blood Bank
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transfusion Saves 3-Year-Old Child
May 9, 2006, cordblood
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La Banque clinico-recherche de sang de cordon du CUSM / MUHC Clinical Research Cord Blood Bank
November 2009, MUHC Clinical Research Cord Blood Bank
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transfusion Saves 3-Year-Old Child
May 9, 2006, cordblood
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ARTICLES
Stem cell transplant for chronic myeloid leukemia
February 24, 2015, American cancer Society
Analysis of risk factors influencing outcome in children with myelodysplastic syndrome after unrelated cord blood transplantation
March 25, 2011, PublMed
Cord blood transplants a viable option in leukemia
June 15, 2010, Reuters
Umbilical cord blood transplantation from unrelated donors in adult patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia
June 2010, Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Leukemia Patient Saved By Cord Blood Says "Thank You" To Mother And Baby He Will Never Know
''A forty-three-year old man from Sussex, England, whose life was saved by cord blood donated by a mother and newborn baby he will never know said he will always feel grateful to them.''
February 2010, MedicalNewsToday
Stem cell transplant for chronic myeloid leukemia
February 24, 2015, American cancer Society
Analysis of risk factors influencing outcome in children with myelodysplastic syndrome after unrelated cord blood transplantation
March 25, 2011, PublMed
Cord blood transplants a viable option in leukemia
June 15, 2010, Reuters
Umbilical cord blood transplantation from unrelated donors in adult patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia
June 2010, Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Leukemia Patient Saved By Cord Blood Says "Thank You" To Mother And Baby He Will Never Know
''A forty-three-year old man from Sussex, England, whose life was saved by cord blood donated by a mother and newborn baby he will never know said he will always feel grateful to them.''
February 2010, MedicalNewsToday
