“The Transfusion Medicine Service in the Department of Pathology performs therapeutic apheresis on patients who have an illness associated with an abnormal cellular or plasma-based blood component,” ...

The fifth annual Apheresis Awareness Day is recognized on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, as designated by the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA). The purpose is to raise awareness of apheresis ...

Dr. Michael Linenberger of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been awarded one of the highest honors in the field of apheresis, the medical subspecialty that uses automated methods to separate ...

LDL stands for low-density lipoproteins. LDL is commonly known as the “bad” cholesterol. LDL apheresis is a treatment that removes bad cholesterol from the blood. Many people can treat high ...

In recent years, as many of the diseases for which allogeneic HPC transplantation is indicated are associated with advancing age; this therapy has been increasingly offered to patients in their sixth ...

Canakinumab Versus Placebo in Combination With First-Line Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy for Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results From the CANOPY-1 Trial The study included CAR T-cell ...

Autologous peripheral SCT has largely replaced BMT for the treatment of cancer in both adults and children. Cells are collected by apheresis. The technique has been widely used in France since its ...