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Pelvic recurrence common after hepatic resection of rectal metastases

September 5, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pelvic recurrence is common after resection of hepatic metastases from rectal carcinoma, according to a report in the August Archives of Surgery.

GVHD reversed by extracorporeal photopheresis-treated cells

September 5, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cells treated with extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) can reverse graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) by increasing donor regulatory T cells and by indirectly reducing the number of donor effector lymphocytes that have not undergone ECP, according to the findings of a study that used two well-established mouse models.

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