#HappyBirthday to the #GreenwichVillageHistoricDistrict , landmarked #OTD in 1969. Celebrate all things GVHD today with our map + tours, incl. then + now photos of nearly 3,000 bldgs and more than 1,000 points of historic interest on dozens of tours: gvshp.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Shortlist…
Presented my first ever Grand Rounds today for the Hematology Department! WashU Heme/Onc Fellowship Title: “A Rare and Deadly Review on Transfusion Associated GvHD”
After initial clinical response, flares of acute GVHD are common and associated with higher NRM. ow.ly/Az2Q50Rmrym #transplantation
Steroid tapering after GVHD Rx: not too fast, not too slow
ow.ly/nUUb50Rmrgt #InsideBloodAdvances #IBAs #transplantation
Interesting paper from the SAAWP of The EBMT in Blood Journal looking at MUD v MMUD and Haplo #HCT for #SAA . Superior OS and less GVHD seen with MUD versus both alternative donors. Austin Kulasekararaj AA&MDSIF sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Javier Bolaños Meade, MD In essentially EVERY trial that has randomized Auto to no Auto following intensive induction therapy for MM, AutoSCT has been associated with prolonged PFS. If the Myeloma docs are not willing to accept PFS as a valid endpoint in BMT trials, they shouldn't in CAR-T studies