Not a lot to report yet today. We do expect Trish to stay in the hospital today and most likely get out tomorrow, but all is still up in the air and rounds hasn't made it around yet. If you haven't read last night's update yet - there is more info there see below....Here's a positive article I just received in my inbox from the NMDP:
Improved transplant outcome in young adults with AML
The overall survival of de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients in first complete remission undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has almost doubled in the past two decades, according to results of a study published in Bone Marrow Transplantation. The study examined outcomes of 170 patients with a median age of 29 years (range 1-47) who underwent an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, 80 patients before 1990 and 90 patients after 1990. At a median follow-up of 13 years, transplant-related mortality was 30% before and 7% after 1990 (p<0.001), and actuarial 10-year survival was 42% before and 79% after 1990 (p<0.00001). (More)
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