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Improving Survival for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease
October 16, 2026
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(MedPage Today) -- Life expectancy for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) has more than tripled in the past 50 years. Life expectancy in the 1970s for a person with SCD was less than 20 years, with some estimates as low as 14 years. By 2022...
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