Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia – pro
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Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia is a type of a myelodysplastic syndrome. The only treatment that has resulted in cures for JMML is a bone marrow transplant, with about a 50% survival rate. The risk of relapsing after transplant is high, and has been recorded as high as 50%. However, there is no other treatment that has a comparative cure rate and allogeneic transpalntation is supported by a number of studies as well as revieews and is recommended by PDQ.
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