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2. Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma - Wikipedia

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   [4] [32] Previous chemotherapy treatment regimens that did not use autologous stem cell transplantation reported poor prognoses with overall survival, progression free, and mortality rates over a 5-year period of 22%, 3%, and 81%. respectively whereas a regimen that included intensive chemotherapy, conditioning, and autologous stem cell ...

3. Heart transplantation - Wikipedia

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   The prognosis for heart transplant patients following the orthotopic procedure has improved over the past 20 years, and as of June 5, 2009 the survival rates were: [54] 1 year: 88.0% (males), 86.2% (females)

4. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder - Wikipedia

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   Less commonly, PTLD occurs after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The incidence varies by the type of transplantation: the lowest rates are seen with bone marrow transplants and liver transplants. The highest rates of PTLD are seen with lung and heart transplants, which is primarily due to the need for higher levels of immunosuppression.

5. Artificial heart - Wikipedia

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   An artificial heart is an artificial organ device that replaces the heart.Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the time to complete heart transplantation surgery, but research is ongoing to develop a device that could permanently replace the heart in the case that a heart transplant (from a deceased human or, experimentally, from a deceased genetically engineered pig) is unavailable ...

6. Monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T cell lymphoma

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   A retrospective study of patients treated with resection, chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation had a higher 1-year and 5-year overall survival (100%, 33%) compared to one-year survival (73%) and five-year survival (14%) without transplantation; a second retrospective study supported the usefulness of ...

7. Transplantable organs and tissues - Wikipedia

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   The operation typically lasts 8 to 12 hours. By comparison, a typical heart transplant operation lasts 6 to 8 hours. The recipient of a hand transplant needs to take immunosuppressive drugs, as the body's natural immune system will try to reject, or destroy, the hand. These drugs cause the recipient to have a weak immune system and react ...