Diagnostic phrasing is independently correlated with the decision to treat for graft-versus-host disease: retrospective review of colon biopsies with rare apoptosis.

Daniel J RowanChristopher P HartleyLuis F Carrillo-PolancoKiyoko OshimaCatherine E Hagen

Published in: Histopathology (2016)

The use of the diagnostic category iGVHD alerts clinicians to the presence of minimal crypt apoptosis, and allows treatment based on clinical judgement.

Keyphrases

endoplasmic reticulum stress
oxidative stress
cell cycle arrest
cell death
palliative care
decision making
combination therapy
replacement therapy