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Pre-Transplant Conditioning With Treosulfan And Fludarabine May Be Effective And Safe For MDS Patients

Treatment with treosulfan and fludarabine was effective and caused few negative side effects in myelodysplastic syndromes patients receiving donor stem cell transplants, according to a recent clinical trial conducted by researchers in Washington and Oregon.

By the end of the trial, all surviving patients successfully achieved complete engraftment of the donor stem cells, meaning that the donor stem cells began producing healthy blood cells and none of the patient’s stem cells remained.  Overall, the treatment was particularly effective in patients…

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