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Therapeutic targets and emerging treatment options in gastrointestinal acute graft-versus-host disease.

Anne S RenteriaJohn E LevineJames L M Ferrara
Published in: Expert opinion on orphan drugs (2016)
The standard treatment for GVHD, high dose steroids, offers less than optimal outcomes as well as significant toxicities. Better treatments, especially for GI GVHD, are needed to reduce non-relapse mortality after allogeneic HCT. The identification of high risk patients through a biomarker-defined scoring system offers a personalized approach to a disease that still requires significant research attention.
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