Overview of Transplant
Improving Standard Therapies
| It will become obvious to you that while the general concepts involved in stem cell transplantation are well-known, there are many questions for which the best answer is still being sought. The Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at University of Iowa Health Care is committed to delivering the best possible treatment and care. The program is also committed to the study and discovery of better treatment strategies where they are needed. |
Adult B&MT team members consulting during clinic
to provide the best possible patient care.
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For that reason, one or more experimental or study protocols may be presented to you. Each of these protocols has been reviewed and approved by an independent group of individuals composed of lay people, clergy, lawyers, and teachers, as well as physicians. This group is called the Institutional Review Board (IRB) on Human Experimentation and exists for the protection of patients undergoing new treatments. In each case where you may be offered the chance to participate in a study, the general concept is that we are testing a promising new therapy by comparing it to a current standard therapy that we feel can and should be improved.
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