Burden and Needs of Patients with Severe GvHD from the Supportive and Palliative Care Perspective—A Literature Review

Burden and Needs of Patients with Severe GvHD from the Supportive and Palliative Care Perspective—A Literature Review

Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is a frequent, and often life-threatening, complication after an allogeneic, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). It can appear in an acute or a chronic form and presents different grades of severity. Particularly, the severe forms of GvHD are often re...

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Main Authors: Freya Wenzel, Anne Pralong, Udo Holtick, Christoph Scheid, Marco Herling, Steffen T Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
graft-versus-host disease
palliative care
supportive care
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
quality of life
physical function
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/11/2697

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