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Blood and Marrow
Transplant Program
MMC 803
420 Delaware St. S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

University of Minnesota
Medical Center
www.uofmmedicalcenter.org

University of Minnesota
Amplatz Children's Hospital
www.uofmchildrenshospital.org

Patient Information:
612-273-2800 or 888-601-0787

Physician Referrals:
612-273-2800 or 888-601-0787

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In the News

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HealthDay News

	Getting a Second Chance at Life Five-year-old Payton Thornton received a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare skin disease, epidermolysis bullosa, or E.B.

	Familiar faces in the national Pink Glove Dance video Staff from the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview danced for Breast Cancer Awareness

	Minnesota cancer researchers net $26M for stem cell therapies National Cancer Institute renews grant for two University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center researchers to improve the treatment and survival for thousands of people

	Good news for patients who do not have a related donor Because of less stringent matching requirements, suitable cord blood units can be identified for nearly all patients needing transplant.

	Promising News for Patients with Lymphoid Malignancies Study finds that patients who have BMT following non-myeloablative conditioning have prolonged progression-free survival.

	Electronic Health Record Reinforces Patient Safety and Care The BMT Program has implemented a new electronic health record to better support communication and documentation regarding patient care.

	Push for Medicare Coverage of BMT for Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome About 80 percent of patients with MDS are over age 65. But Medicare does not always cover BMT as a treatment for this disease. The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation is trying to change that.

	Donor Stem-Cell Transplant Best For Acute Myeloid Leukemia People in all risk groups, but especially those with poor and intermediate risk of survival, benefit most, researchers say.

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