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I think it is not consistent from person to person. It seems like everything about these diseases produces individual results. I don't think all of the answers are available. I had a match from a person from Germany (not related) and had almost zero GVHD. I had a little skin rash that lasted maybe three weeks that caused me no problems. I had some itching on my face and scalp. That was about the extent of my GVHD. They did mention that my donor was 20 years old and they said the younger the better, perhaps because more stem cells are available at that age. Or, they might have just been trying to make me feel good about my donor.
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age 70, dx RAEB-2 on 11-26-2013 w/11% blasts. 8 cycles Vidaza 3w/Revlimid. SCT 8/15/2014, relapsed@Day+210 (AML). Now(SCT-Day+1005). Prepping w/ 10 days Dacogen for DLI on 6/9/2017.
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