Medical College of Wisconsin breaks ground for cancer research building

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a decision to expand Medicare coverage for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants for eligible Medicare patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, based on decades-long research led by investigators at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, in collaboration with investigators in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network and advocacy experts at the American Society of Hematology, American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, and the National Marrow Donor Program.