DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Stem cell harvest
Stem cell
Stem cells are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms, that can divide through mitosis and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types and can self renew to produce more stem cells. In mammals, there are two broad types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells that are isolated from the inner cell mass of blastocysts, and adult stem cells that are found in various tissues. In adult organisms, stem cells and progenitor cells act as a repair system for the body, replenishing adult tissues. In a developing embryo, stem cells can differentiate into all the specialized cells, but also maintain the normal turnover of regenerative organs, such as blood, skin, or intestinal tissues...
Stem cell harvest - List of case studies
- 3-year old boy with Medulloblastoma
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undergoing a chemotherapy based protocol with autologous stem cell re-infusion. questions: ...
- Multiple myeloma with renal involvement, bone lesions and Neuropathy
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including a bone biopsy which showed medullary plasma cell infiltration amounting to 40%. A hematology visit was performed by ... and continue only with Dexamethasone and plan a stem cell harvest in view of an autologous transplant. In October 2007 ...
- Stage 4 Neuroblastoma – additional opinion
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and a half months, followed by collection of peripheral stem cells, in sight of a high dose treatment followed by re-infusion of the ... end of the induction and will hopefully proceed to stem cell harvest, surgery, autologous bone marrow transplantation, local ...
- Treatments
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Allogeneic HSCT Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HSCT) Allogeneic stem cell transplant Allogeneic transplantation Allogeneic ... Autologous stem cell transplantation (autologous harvest) Autologus Peripheral Blood Stem Cell transplantation ...
- Recurrent metastases in malignant tumor of left forearm
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with a lesion on his left forearm was diagnosed with small cell malignant neoplasm. It was thought that he had a malignant myoepithelioma ... An alternative may be the use of autologous stem cell transplantation . It appears that the patient has no bone ...