Occurrence of graft-versus-host disease increases mortality after umbilical cord blood transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia: a report from Eurocord and the ALWP of the EBMT.

Fréderic Baron Annalisa RuggeriE BeohouM LabopinM MohtyJ SanzS VigourouxS FurstA BosiP ChevallierJ J CornelissenM MichalletJ SierraD KarakasisB N SavaniE GluckmanA Nagler

Published in: Journal of internal medicine (2017)

The occurrence of grade II-IV acute or chronic GVHD each increases overall mortality after UCBT for AML mitigating the possible graft-versus-leukemia effect of GVHD.

Keyphrases

umbilical cord
acute myeloid leukemia
liver failure
allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
mesenchymal stem cells

respiratory failure
drug induced
risk assessment
bone marrow

aortic dissection
hepatitis b virus
stem cells
intensive care unit

cell therapy
immune response
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation