Sentences with phrase «family allograft»

Using an approach developed at Maisonneuve - Rosemont, consisting of an autograft to reduce tumour mass followed by a family allograft three to four months later to clean the bone marrow of myeloma cells with immune cells from a family donor (immunotherapy), the study resulted in a total cure rate of 41 %, a record level using this strategy.

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Moreover, in the same study, the mortality rate associated with this treatment over ten years was 10 %, an extremely low rate following a family donor allograft.