Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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Scientific Literature
Hoping for a Normal Life: Decision‐Making on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Patients With a Hemoglobinopathy and Their Caregivers
Background: To provide insight into the perspectives of children and young adults with transfusion-dependent thalassemia and sickle cell disease and their caregivers regarding the decision for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation…
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Health-Related Quality-of-Life Profile of Pediatric Patients with β-Thalassemia after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Matched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a feasible and curative treatment in pediatric patients with beta thalassemia major (β-TM). However, little data are available regarding patients and their parents’…
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How to Facilitate Decision-Making for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Hemoglobinopathies. The Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation decision-making for hemoglobinopathy patients is a complex process, and it remains difficult for health care professionals to decide whether and when a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation…
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Setting up and Sustaining Blood and Marrow Transplant Services for Children in Middle-Income Economies: An Experience-Driven Position Paper on Behalf of the EBMT PDWP
Severe blood disorders and cancer are the leading cause of death and disability from noncommunicable diseases in the global pediatric population and a major financial burden. The most frequent of…
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Cure For Thalassemia Major – From Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation To Gene Therapy
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been well established for several decades as gene replacement therapy for patients with thalassemia major, and now offers very high rates of cure for…
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