2015, Number 4
Rev Hematol Mex 2015; 16 (4)
How do haematopoietic cell transplants cure leukaemias?
Peter GR
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Haematopoietic cell transplants are widely used to treat persons with leukaemia. Over one-half million have been done worldwide. Considerable data indicate these transplants have greater anti-leukemia efficacy than conventional therapies. Whether this results in better survival is controversial but this benefit is clearest in persons with leukaemia not achieving remission with current non-transplant therapies. The question arises: when successful, how do transplants cure leukaemia? This question is the subject of this commentary.