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Mary E.D. Flowers

Researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Publications -  161
Citations -  14812

Mary E.D. Flowers is an academic researcher from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transplantation & Graft-versus-host disease. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 155 publications receiving 13565 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary E.D. Flowers include Leipzig University & National Institutes of Health.

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Hematopoietic cell transplantation in older patients with hematologic malignancies: replacing high-dose cytotoxic therapy with graft-versus-tumor effects

TL;DR: A novel allografting approach, based on the use of postgrafting immunosuppression to control graft rejection and GVHD, has dramatically reduced the acute toxicities of allogRAFTing.
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Transplantation of bone marrow as compared with peripheral-blood cells from HLA-identical relatives in patients with hematologic cancers

TL;DR: In patients given high-dose chemotherapy, with or without radiation, for the treatment of hematologic cancer,allogeneic peripheral-blood cells used for hematopoietic rescue restore blood counts faster than allogeneic bone marrow, without increasing the risk of graft-versus-host disease.