Relevance of prognostic factors in the decision-making of stem cell transplantation in Myelodysplastic Syndromes

ABSTRACT The hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only curative alternative for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), but many patients are not eligible for this treatment, as there are several limiting factors, especially in the case of patients with low-risk MDS. The aim of this study i...

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Main Authors: Fernando Barroso Duarte, Talyta Ellen de Jesus dos Santos, Maritza Cavalcante Barbosa, Jacques Kaufman, João Paulo de Vasconcelos, Romélia Pinheiro Gonçalves Lemes, Francisco Dário Rocha, Diego Ferreira Coutinho, Ilana Zalcberg, Paulo Roberto Leitão de Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302016001200025&lng=en&tlng=en