Acute leukemia in Jehovah's Witnesses: a challenge for hematologists
Mazza, P.; Palazzo, G.; Amurri, B.; Cervellera, M.; Rizzo, C.; Maggi, A.
Haematologica 85(11): 1221-1222
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0390-6078 PMID: 11064477 Document Number: 515413
With the aim of demonstrating the possibility of treating acute leukemia in Jehovah's Witnesses by protocols which include a marrow transplantation procedure without need of transfusions, we report our experience on 5 patients. Three patients had acute lymphocytic leukemia and two acute myeloid leukemia, two received autologous bone marrow transplants and one bone marrow transplantation without transfusions. One died because of anemia during induction. Our conclusion is that acute leukemia in Jehovah's Witnesses can be treated with protocols employed in transfused patients.