Vanderbilt University Medical Centeris an established leader in transplantation in the United States, having recently performed 3,000 transplants.th Liver transplant. The surgery was a milestone for the hospital, but also …
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Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation for patients with colorectal liver metastases
by News Sourceby News SourceDecember 3, 2024 The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 150,000 people will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the U.S. this year, and about 50% of them will …
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Diet
Frailty and Sarcopenia in Older Patients Receiving Kidney Transplantation
by News Sourceby News SourceIntroduction Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for most of the patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In fact, it improves quality of life (1, 2), life expectancy (3–5), …
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Bone marrow transplantion
Comparison of fludarabine/melphalan (FM140) with fludarabine/melphalan/BCNU (FBM110) in patients with relapsed/refractory AML undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation – a registry study on behalf of the EBMT Acute Leukemia Working Party
by Jürgen Finkeby Jürgen FinkeDöhner H, Estey E, Grimwade D, Amadori S, Appelbaum FR, Büchner T, et al. Diagnosis and management of AML in adults: 2017 ELN recommendations from an international expert panel. Blood. …
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Diet
Regulation of gut microbiota: a novel pretreatment for complications in patients who have undergone kidney transplantation
by News Sourceby News Source1 Introduction Kidney transplantation is among the most effective treatments for end-stage kidney diseases compared with conventional therapies. Kidney transplantation was first introduced in the 1950s (Meena et al., 2021), and …
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Photo credit: SvetaZi Living donor liver transplants are increasingly emerging to increase the number of transplant patients and reduce the demand for deceased donor transplants. Living liver transplantation (LDLT) from …
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Bone marrow transplantion
Single versus tandem autologous stem cell transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
Sonneveld P, Dimopoulos MA, Boccadoro M, Quach H, Ho PJ, Beksac M, et al. Daratumumab, Bortezomib, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone for Multiple Myeloma. N Engl J Med. 2024;390:301–13. Article CAS PubMed …
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Lung Transplantation
The proposed scoring system has the potential to increase equity in organ transplantation, increase transplantation rates, and improve patient survival rates
by Patty Zamoraby Patty ZamoraThe system, devised by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic, better accounts for the biological shortcomings that limit some patients' access to transplants. Researchers at Case …
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Although bone marrow transplantation has existed as a concept since the 19th century, it was not until the ravages of World War II that it rose to the forefront of …
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Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation and comprehensive rehabilitation in the reversal of hepatic myelopathy: a case report
by News Sourceby News Source1 Introduction Hepatic myelopathy (HM) was first reported in 1949 (1). It is a rare complication of the central nervous system associated with the terminal stage of chronic liver disease, …