Thread: acute GVHD
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Old Thu Dec 21, 2006, 12:53 AM
Ruth Cuadra Ruth Cuadra is offline
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About acute GVHD

Hello, Micho.

I have read that patients who get acute GVHD have about a 50% chance of developing chronic GVHD, which means that GVHD persists after day +100 and that with adult transplants about 30% to 35% of patients with matched related donors develop acute GVHD.

Since you seem to be facing GVHD issues so soon, it may indicate that your graft implanted more quickly than average, which is a sign of transplant success.

According to the National Marrow Donor Program, steroid treatment for acute GVHD produces satisfactory results in 50% to 75% of patients.

But those are general statistics, and may not reflect all of the latest treatments. How YOU are doing is more important than what past statistics can tell us.

There are some transplant patients in this forum, but you may find greater input on GVHD by joining the GVHD listserv.

Wishing you a speedy recovery,
Ruth Cuadra
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