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S. Mehra and J. Taylor
phocyte infusion post allogeneic HSCT. The authors have demonstrated a favorable outcome in a patient 10 years after HSCT which if shown in a larger number of patients, could ultimately help patients with achieving persistent and complete remission from mediastinal GCT and sec- ondary somatic malignancies.
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