High Dose Chemo & Stem Cell Transplantation Results in Long-Term Survival for Amyloid Patients
October 9, 2015
(Eurekalert) – Patients with Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis who are treated with high-dose chemotherapy (melphalan) and autologous (one’s own) stem cell transplantation (HDM/SCT) have the greatest success for long-term survival. These findings, which appear as a “Letter” in the journal Blood, (Journal of the American Society of Hematology), report on the largest number of patients in the world receiving high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation for this rare disease.