Chronic Leukemia

Out-of-pocket costs like deductibles and copays deter people with cancer from complying with treatment.

Healio spoke with Nikki Yuill, LCSW, and Michelle Rajotte, LMSW, the director and associate director of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Information Resource Center, about the importance of supportive care in young adults with leukemia.

Single UM171-expanded cord blood transplantation appeared safe and feasible among a small cohort of patients with hematologic malignancies who lacked suitable HLA-matched donors, according to results of a phase 1/phase 2 study published in The Lancet Haematology.