This page will be updated to keep you informed about new developments on our site and in our work.

March 2006 : The COG A3973 study accrued sufficient patients to complete the study and is now closed.

Purging is available to patients via selected NANT protocols and also via an expanded access protocol.

July 2004 : The AHSCT Laboratory treated its 1000th patient.

May 7th 2001 : A new publication has been added to the Published Papers page. It is a guest commentary written for the March/April 2001 issue of the Journal of Pediatric Hematolog-Oncology by C.P. Reynolds, MD PhD and Robert C. Seeger, MD.

April 10th 2001 : A new publication has been added to the Published Papers page. It is an article written for the Spring 2001 issue of Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation newsletter by C.P. Reynolds, MD PhD and Beth Hasenauer, RN MS.

March 12th 2001 : The Memorandum of Understanding on the Forms download page has been updated again.

February 26th 2001 : The Memorandum of Understanding and the instructions for it on the Forms download page have been updated, please take note of the changes. There is also a new Sample Insurance Letter for A3973 cases.

February 23rd 2001 : The Memorandum of Understanding on the Forms download page has been amended, please take note of the change in item 9, rate for purging services.

February 10th 2001 : The COG A3973 study is open as of February 10th, 2001. Please contact the Children's Oncology Group if you wish to obtain a copy of the protocol.

February 1st 2001 : The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Processing Laboratory website goes live online.