Physical Function and Quality of Life in Patients who had Undergone Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) has been increasingly used in the treatment of malignant and nonmalignant hematopoietic diseases [1]. Patients with malignant diseases that cannot be controlled by conventional means or in whom treatment failure is expected are candidates for allo-HSCT [2,3]. AlloHSCT is a highly aggressive and demanding medical therapy that profoundly impacts quality of life (QOL), but has the potential for good clinical results and a longer life expectancy for patients with various hematological diseases.
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