纸业 Stem cell transplant is panacea for 12-year-old with acute leukemia

Shanghai Cord Blood Bank teamed up with a children's hospital in Suzhou， neighboring Jiangsu Province， to successfully conduct stem cell transplant on a 12-year-old boy with acute leukemia on Tuesday， officials announced.

The boy went to the Children's Hospital of Soochow University in March after being feverish for more than one week for unknown reasons and was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.

After six-month chemotherapy， the boy's disease stabilized. Doctors then decided on stem cell transplantation to cure his disease， deeming it the best time with regards to the boy's condition.

Since there was no matching donor among adult volunteers， 麻章区延业搪瓷有限公司 doctors planned to use his father's stem cell， 平乐县齐大杂果有限公司 which was a half match， 杭州中包进出口有限公司 and a matched sample of umbilical cord blood from Shanghai Cord Blood Bank.

The use of umbilical cord blood can streamline the successful transplant of partially-matched stem cells from the father and reduce rejection，平乐县帝机坚果有限公司纸业 experts said.

Dr Hu Shaoyan from the hospital's hematology department said that myeloid leukemia among children is not rare and the boy's treatment was successful during the past six months.

"We chose the current treatment plan after careful consideration and hope the treatment will help rebuild his hematology and immunity systems to achieve recovery， 坡头区新年陶瓷有限公司" Hu noted.

According to Shanghai Cord Blood Bank， it was the bank's 6，666th transplant， giving it the leading position in the world.

The five-year survival rate of patients with acute leukemia after receiving combined stem cell transplantation at the children's hospital in Suzhou is over 80 percent纸业， which is in line with developed countries， it observed.

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