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Revision 20 . . November 26, 2001 6:24 am by Sodium [bone-marrow stem cells]
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Possible treatments



Current treatments




For over 30 years, bone marrow stem cells have been used to treat cancer patients with conditions such as leukemia and lymphoma. These are detroyed in some chemotherapy treatments, but if they are removed before the process and then reinjected, the cells produce large amounts of red and white blood cells, to keep the body healthy and help to fight infection.

Since the 1980s stem cells have been taken from the blood instead of the bone-marrow, making the procedure safer for older people. Although normally scarce, the number of 'Peripheral blood cells' can be increased by a course of drugs, which release the stem cells from the bone-marrow. These are removed before chemotherapy, which kills most of them, and then re-injected.

Potential treatments



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