Cynara, genus Cynara - artichoke; cardoon. vegetable - any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
Graft-versus-host disease. Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is a medical complication following the receipt of transplanted tissue from a genetically different person. GvHD is commonly associated with stem cell transplant (bone marrow transplant), but the term also applies to other forms of tissue graft.
Continued clinical evaluations aimed at developing: (1) safer and more effective conditioning regimens, (2) novel methods to reduce the incidence and severity of GVHD without compromising the beneficial GVT effects, and (3) strategies to improve immune reconstitution after transplantation are needed before the goal of ultimately achieving durable long-term disease-free survival with good quality of life in patients with malignant diseases has been reached.