Back fractures common after stem cell transplant, say researchers
July 26, 2007 Edition 1
New York - More than one third of children and adolescents who
undergo allogenic stem cell transplantation have thinning of their
bones, and one in five had crushed vertebrae in their backs,
researchers have said.
The transplantation is used to treat leukemia and other cancerous and
non-cancerous conditions. Allogenic means that the cells from a
closely matched donor are removed and implanted in the patient.
The goal of therapy is to replace diseased cells of the bone marrow
with functioning cells from another person.
Dr Mervi Taskinen of the University of Helsinki and colleagues
evaluated the bone health of 44 children a few years after they
underwent stem cell transplantation.
Sixteen patients had proof of bone thinning, the team report in the
journal Cancer. - Reuters
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