Wednesday, May 17, 2006

35 year-old Adult Peripheral Stem Cell Donor for Cancer Patient

This is a nice write up on a peripheral stem cell donation and procedure of transplant for a lady (Susan Butcher) with leukemia. It doesn't mention however, how many stem cells she requires from her donor and whether its the donor's first time. Notably though, the donor is young and the stem cells that the patient is receiving are healthy and hopefully will reconstitute her blood system in 2 weeks. Another more detailed article describing her chemotherapy and radiotherapy can be found here.

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