<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an established treatment for many malignant and non-malignant haematological disorders. In the current case report, we describe the first haploidentical stem cell transplantation, used for the first time in Romania, the case of a 33 year-old young woman diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma that has underwent a haploSCT after she relapsed from several chemotherapy regimens, as well as after an autologous stem cell transplantation. This success represents a prèmiere in Romanian clinical hematology, being the first case of a haploSCT in Romania, as well as in South-Eastern Europe.</p></abstract>

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an established treatment for many malignant and non-malignant haematological disorders. In the current case report, we describe the first haploidentical stem cell transplantation, used for the first time in Romania, the case of a 33 year-old young woman diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma that has underwent a haploSCT after she relapsed from several chemotherapy regimens, as well as after an autologous stem cell transplantation. This success represents a prèmiere in Romanian clinical hematology, being the first case of a haploSCT in Romania, as well as in South-Eastern Europe.

First Successful Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation in Romania

Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest,

Department of Hematology, Ion Chiricuta Oncology Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

“Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca,

Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX,

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

{"article-title":"First Successful Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation in Romania"}

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an established treatment for many malignant and non-malignant haematological disorders. In the current case report,...

First Successful Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation in Romania

Publicado en línea: 22 sept 2016

Páginas: 194 - 200

Recibido: 14 dic 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0021

Palabras clave
haploidentical stem cell transplantation, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, first case in Romania

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

First Successful Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation in Romania

Publicado en línea: 22 sept 2016

Páginas: 194 - 200

Recibido: 14 dic 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0021

Palabras clavehaploidentical stem cell transplantation, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, first case in Romania

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
haploidentical stem cell transplantation, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, first case in Romania