Early relapses do not impact survival after autologous stem cell transplantation in African Americans with multiple myeloma [2]

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 727-728

  Khaled, Y ^a   Kato, K ^a   Janakiraman, N ^b   Ferrara, J L M ^a   Mineishi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MELPHALAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34249277813     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705660     Document Type: Letter

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