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Efficacy and prognostic assessment of chemotherapy-bridged transplantation in pediatric patients with advanced myelodysplastic syndromes

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Fig. 1: Survival outcomes in 30 pediatric patients with advanced MDS.

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This work was supported by the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences grants (CIFMS) (2023-I2M-C&T-B-106 (WY), 2021-I2M-1-003 (WY), 2021-I2M-1-041 (YW), 2022-I2M-1-022 (XZ)), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82270144 (XZ)), and the Health and Wellness Development Promotion grants-Huiyu Oncology Research grants (008 (WY)).

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XW was responsible for analyzing data, interpretation of results, visualization of data and results in figures and tables, and writing the manuscript. CL and YC was responsible for collecting data and provided conceptual input. YW, WA, XL, LL, FL, LZ, YZ, XC, YC and YG provided patient data. XZ and WY designed the research and reviewed the manuscript. All authors agreed to submit the final version of the manuscript.

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Wang, X., Liu, C., Chen, Y. et al. Efficacy and prognostic assessment of chemotherapy-bridged transplantation in pediatric patients with advanced myelodysplastic syndromes. Bone Marrow Transplant 60, 403–405 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-024-02488-9

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