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undergoing chemotherapy and ability to replenish the blood
bone marrow transplantation system by producing red and
were completely isolated," said white blood cells, plasma and
Dr. Klein. "Everyone donned platelets.
These stem cells used to be har-
surgical masks and gloves be-
fore entering a patient's room vested in a surgical procedure.
because chemotherapy left pa- Donors, under anesthesia, would
• tients without any immunity or have their bone marrow extract-
/- ability to fight common germs. ed from various locations in the
There were even some patients hip. Blood stem cells, by contrast,
who had to live in a sterile, bub- are often harvested through
ble-like environment. We don't apheresis, a short nonsurgical pro-
need to isolate these patients cedure similar to donating blood
anymore because the facility has in which blood is removed from
a special filtration system which the donor, separated, a portion is
removes contaminants from the retained, and the rest is returned
to the donor.
air.
"Collecting a patient's own
"The unit was designed to sup-
C, port patients and their families as blood stem cells is less invasive
• well as provide a safe environ- and less expensive than collect-
ment, which usually translates ing bone marrow and the results
into a more comfortable and are as good or better when the
blood is later administered," says
speedier recovery.
"In addition, we've been able Dr. Klein. "Moreover, a patient
to keep up some of their treat- can donate several times until a
ment schedule as outpatients sufficient volume of stem cells
because of the nature of the has been collected.
`The fact is, isolating and col-
treatment." Actually, the term
"bone marrow transplant" is lecting stem cells is revolutioniz-
\ somewhat a misnomer. ing the transplant process
• Attention now is more focused because we can be more aggres-
sive about treating
on the blood stem cell, the
cell which creates all of Dr. Ja red Klein breast cancer patients,
conf ers with
the body's blood products.
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