survival

More adults are surviving both the wait for an organ and transplant surgery, but the number of people who need transplants continues to exceed the number of organs available, especially …

IMMUNE checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based therapy before liver transplantation may improve survival and reduce cancer recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to a multicentre study involving 416 transplant recipients. …

Every year, thousands of donor lungs are turned away… The distinction between early and late primary graft dysfunction deserves closer attention, because the two phenomena may not share the same …

Umbilical cord blood transplantation (CBT), combined with ultra-low-dose methotrexate (uldMTX) as a graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis, provides superior survival for patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according …

Erin Barker was an active mom of four young children, competing in a 5K race in August 2024. But by Halloween, she was bedridden and unable to care for her …

Malnutrition coexisting with obesity in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) undergoing maintenance dialysis may reverse the survival advantage observed in the “obesity paradox” among patients with chronic disease, according …

Dr. Balakrishnan Mahesh performs a heart transplant on Paul Clifford at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center on May 19, 2025. Achievement places the program among the best …

HERSHEY, Pa. — For the second time, the heart transplant program at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has achieved a 100% three-year survival rate, placing the program …

A new Cedars-Sinai Cancer study shows that patients with advanced liver cancer who receive immunotherapy to shrink their tumors have improved outcomes after liver transplant or tumor removal. The study, …

Highlights First documentation of continuing disparities since new standard of care beganTeam calls for more precise donor selectionInternational conference continues today in Orlando, Florida Newswise — BUFFALO, N.Y. — A …