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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 24, 1972-1973, December 20, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Stem Cell Transplant Numbers Decline; Research Continues

Renee Twombly

It is a downhill descent Mary Horowitz, M.D., has never seen. Every year, the slides she has prepared as scientific director of the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry have shown increasing use of high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell support. The numbers just in for 1999, however, point precipitously downward.



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  		Preliminary numbers for 1999 show a decrease in the number of autotransplants. These data represent transplants performed by centers registered with the Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry (about half of all autotransplants).

 
After a high of 7,800 autotransplants in North America in 1998, only 6,100 were reported (on a volunteer basis) in 1999 to the IBMTR, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Decline for Solid Tumors

Blood Cancers

Future of Therapy


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