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Qatar

Major Stem cell transplant surgery

Published: 30 Oct 2017 - 02:56 am | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 03:13 pm
Minister of Public Health H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari visiting a stem cell transplant patient.

Minister of Public Health H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari visiting a stem cell transplant patient.

QNA

A multi-disciplinary team of experts from the National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR) of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has performed Qatar’s first allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allogeneic -HSCT). The transplant was performed on a 32-year-old female patient diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive form of blood cancer.