
Data suggest long-term extracorporeal photopheresis may reduce mortality risk in patients with chronic lung allograft dysfunction unresponsive to standard immunosuppression.

Alan D. Betensley, MD, is a board-certified pulmonologist and associate professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine in Northwestern Medicine.

Data suggest long-term extracorporeal photopheresis may reduce mortality risk in patients with chronic lung allograft dysfunction unresponsive to standard immunosuppression.

Maintenance extracorporeal photopheresis was associated with improved survival in lung transplant recipients with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, according to Alan Betensley, MD.