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Re:Most MS Patients Who Got Stem Cell Transplants Still in R... by kragen on Thursday January 08, 2015 @08:08PM (#8860134)
Do we have a good estimate of how high the risk of death from cancer is from this therapy? Still, it'll be hard to beat a 91% chance of curing your MS. Advanced MS is a horrible disease.
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Re:Most MS Patients Who Got Stem Cell Transplants Still in R... by adventured on Thursday January 08, 2015 @08:24PM (#8860195)
I would have to guess that the risk is primarily concentrated to the span of a week or two, prior to the immune system getting back up to a minimally required level to suppress cancer.

I wonder if the chemotherapy doesn't act to kill or suppress some of the cancer risk until the immune system reboots.

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Re:Most MS Patients Who Got Stem Cell Transplants Still in R... by kragen on Saturday January 10, 2015 @02:14PM (#8867587)
I'm not talking about a risk of cancer from immunosuppression, but about the well-established long-term risk of cancer due to any stem cell therapy.
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