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Big gains in bone marrow transplant survival since mid-2000s
Despite older, sicker patients, mortality rate dropped by one-third within 10-year period

How a phone call helped shape the field of bone marrow transplant
A lifesaving new leukemia treatment was harming some patients’ digestive organs, and no one really understood why. So, over 40 years, Dr. George McDonald helped fill in the gaps.

Common genetic disorder linked to increased death rate from cancer drug
Researchers recommend ‘caution’ when using the chemotherapy busulfan in patients with Gilbert’s syndrome

Cannabis and cancer: Medical marijuana gains favor among some patients despite safety concerns
But some doctors voice concerns about safety, risks of Rx weed

‘Got my life back’: Bone marrow transplant shows promise in curing severe Crohn’s disease
New trial, old love fueling one woman's rejuvenation

Al-Johani Award will support new transplant protocol for Crohn's disease
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center clinical investigator George McDonald will use the prize to 'pay it forward' by studying a new treatment approach for an incurable disease

New clinical trial seeks to cure advanced Crohn's disease by replacing a diseased immune system with a healthy one
Study represents new use of bone marrow transplantation

Transplantation refinements boost long-term survival of blood cancers
Clinical Research Division study shows 41 percent drop in post-transplant deaths compared to mid-1990s

Gaining gastrointestinal GVHD control
Phase III clinical trial on drug therapy to combat graft-vs.-host disease in stem-cell patients shows significant reduction in deaths