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2. Multiple myeloma - Wikipedia

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   A 2016 study concluded that stem cell transplant is the preferred treatment for multiple myeloma. [107] There are two types of stem cell transplants to treat multiple myeloma. [108] In autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) – the patient's stem cells are collected from the patient's blood. The patient is given high-dose ...

3. Peripheral stem cell transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT), also called "Peripheral stem cell support", [1] is a method of replacing blood-forming stem cells.Stem cells can be destroyed through cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation, as well as any blood-related diseases, such as leukemia, lymphoma, neuroblastoma and multiple myeloma. [2]

4. High-dose chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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   This treatment method is commonly linked with blood cancers like multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It is also used in solid tumors such as germ cell tumors and certain high risk or recurrent breast cancers. Multiple myeloma, a type of plasma cell cancer [3] is an indication for HDC. Typically it follows stem cell ...

5. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Stem-cell transplantation was pioneered using bone marrow-derived stem cells by a team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center from the 1950s through the 1970s led by E. Donnall Thomas, whose work was later recognized with a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Thomas' work showed that bone-marrow cells infused intravenously could ...

6. Cancer stem cell - Wikipedia

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   The cancer stem cell model, also known as the Hierarchical Model proposes that tumors are hierarchically organized (CSCs lying at the apex [6] (Fig. 3).) Within the cancer population of the tumors there are cancer stem cells (CSC) that are tumorigenic cells and are biologically distinct from other subpopulations [7] They have two defining features: their long-term ability to self-renew and ...

7. E Street Band Member Patti Scialfa Reveals 2018 Multiple ...

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   Patti Scialfa is opening up for the first time about her six-year journey with multiple myeloma.. The longtime E Street Band member was diagnosed with the blood cancer in 2018, and has since faced ...