U of M researchers find 2 units of umbilical cord blood reduce r...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Thu, 11/12/2009 - 23:00

(University of Minnesota) A new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota shows that patients who have acute leukemia and are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB) have significantly reduced risk of the disease returning.

This finding has the potential to change the current medical practice of using one unit of UCB for treatment of patients who are at high risk for recurrence of leukemia and other cancers of the blood and bone marrow.

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