Preventing, Treating Relapse After ASCT in Hematologic Malignancy Patients

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Conference|American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting & Exposition (ASH)

This video highlights research into the use of post-transplant therapies to prevent or treat disease recurrence following allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

In this video, Robert J. Soiffer, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, highlights research into the use of post-transplant therapies to prevent or treat disease recurrence following allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT).

Soiffer gave a presentation on this topic during an education session at the 2017 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held December 9–12 in Atlanta.

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