Chronic GVHD is a major late complication of SCT. Chronic GVHD has received only a fraction of the research attention received by acute GVHD. Recent changes in SCT practice have made it imperative to ...

In patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), a calcineurin inhibitor plus methotrexate has been a standard prophylaxis against graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). A ...

More than a year after the blood stem cell transplant for his aggressive leukemia, Ted Ave’Lallemant thought he was easing back into his regular life — more or less. He’d returned to his hometown of ...

We report a patient who underwent allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI), and later developed acute hepatic failure followed by progressive ...

Graft versus host disease, or GVHD, is a complication of a stem cell transplant, a treatment for blood cancers and certain blood or immune system disorders. With GVHD, white blood cells called T cells ...

Allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) is an essential treatment to cure patients with blood cancers such as leukemia. In patients who have undergone chemotherapy and radiation, a small number of ...

A retrospective analysis of Canadian cases finds clinicians turn to a variety of therapies for chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) if corticosteroids fail. A new review of chronic graft-vs-host ...

Allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) is an essential treatment to cure patients with blood cancers such as leukemia. In patients who have undergone chemotherapy and radiation, a small number of ...

Overlap syndrome is when you have symptoms of both types. Another type is persistent, recurrent or late onset acute GvHD. Acute GvHD generally starts within 100 days of your transplant, but it can ...

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common side effect in people who receive cells from a donor (allogeneic transplant). It occurs when the transplanted cells recognize the recipient’s tissues as ...

What is a stem cell and bone marrow transplant? Having a transplant means destroying as many cancer cells as possible and replacing these with healthy stem cells . Transplants use very high doses of ...