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Anaplastic Astrocytoma: State of the art and future directions. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2020 Jul 17;153:103062 Authors: Caccese M, Padovan M, D'Avella D, Chioffi F, Gardiman MP, Berti F, Busato F, Bellu L, Bergo E, Zoccarato M, Fassan M, Zagonel V, Lombardi G Abstract Anaplastic Astrocytoma(AA) is a malignant, diffusely infiltrating, primary brain tumor. According to the WHO 2016 classification of central-nervous-system tumors, AA has been...
Utilization and cost implications of hematopoietic progenitor cells stored for a future salvage autologous transplantation or stem cell boost in myeloma patients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Jul 24;: Authors: Chhabra S, Thapa B, Szabo A, Konings S, D'Souza A, Dhakal B, Jerkins JH, Pasquini MC, Johnson BD, Hari PN, Hamadani M Abstract Autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (autoHCT) is a standard initial treatment for myeloma....
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