Current issues in chronic graft-versus-host disease

G Socié, J Ritz - Blood, The Journal of the American Society of …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology, 2014ashpublications.org
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a frequent and potentially life-threatening
complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Increased
transplantation of older patients and the more frequent use of unrelated donors has led to
increased numbers of patients with this painful complication. Recent advances have been
made in understanding the pathophysiology of chronic GVHD and in establishing precise
criteria for diagnosis and classification of disease manifestations. These advances will …
Abstract
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a frequent and potentially life-threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Increased transplantation of older patients and the more frequent use of unrelated donors has led to increased numbers of patients with this painful complication. Recent advances have been made in understanding the pathophysiology of chronic GVHD and in establishing precise criteria for diagnosis and classification of disease manifestations. These advances will hopefully pave the way for improving both the prophylaxis and treatment of chronic GVHD.
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