PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 78-82.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2017.01.017

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The research progress in transfusion-related iron overload in hematological malignancies

DU Yaru, ZHAO Yanhong, ZHOU Jin   

  1. Department of Hematology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 15000,China
  • Received:2016-09-13 Online:2017-02-28 Published:2017-02-20

Abstract: Transfusion-related iron overload damage iron homeostasis of organism,which damages the structure of the vital organs and leads to the dysfunction of important organs.Iron overload affects the prognosis of the patients,which promotes myelodysplastic syndrome transformation to acute leukemia and reduces the total survival rate of patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,which increases the treatment related mortality after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and increases the chance of infection.Iron depletion therapy can delay the progression of acute leukemia and prolong the survival time of the patients with acute leukemia and show a certain anti-proliferative activity.

Key words: Transfusion-related iron overload, Myelodysplastic syndrome, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Prognosis

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