[Cagdu] FW: NCSU offers bone marrow transplants for dogs

[tina thomas]

Subject: NCSU offers bone marrow transplants for dogs



Raleigh, NC: 

The News & Observer
Published: Sep 03, 2008 11:37 AM
Modified: Sep 03, 2008 04:04 PM

NCSU offers bone marrow transplants for dogs
>From Staff Reports
RALEIGH - N.C. State University is about to become the first university in
the country to offer bone marrow transplants for dogs with lymphoma.

NCSU's College of Veterinary Medicine plans to begin performing the
procedure within about four weeks, said Dr. Steven Suter, an assistant
professor of
oncology. Suter arranged for NCSU to accept three donated leukophoresis
machines from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

The machines, once used to treat humans, will harvest healthy stem cells
from canine patients, who must undergo drug therapy to drive the cells from
the
bone marrow. The stem cells then will be reintroduced into the bloodstreams
of the patients, who also must have total body radiation to kill any
residual
cancer cells.

The charge for the procedure: $15,000. That's not including the cost of
other veterinary appointments and tests, plus the chemotherapy needed to
send the
disease into clinical remission.

But Suter said many people already are paying $10,000 or more on medical
care for dogs suffering from lymphoma, even though the animals currently
survive
12 to 16 months, at best.

By contrast, he expects bone marrow transplants to cure at least half the
dogs who undergo the procedure.

"If you can say your dog has a 50 percent chance of being cured, I think
it's going to be a no-brainer for a lot of people," Suter said.

The process of extracting the stem cells is painless for dogs, though it
might not be so for owners. Consequently, NCSU is seeking donors to help
underwrite
the cost of treating ailing pets.

"We really understand this is a lot of money for a lot of people," Suter
said. "We're looking for some corporation or some person to step up and help
these
clients."

Suter said he expects the machines will be used to treat about one dog a
month in the beginning, with many patients coming from outside North
Carolina.

To be eligible for a bone marrow transplant, a dog must weigh at least about
55 pounds. That leaves out Chihuahuas, but it includes Labrador and golden
retrievers, which are more prone to lymphoma.

The machines also will be used to harvest plasma, platelets and red blood
cells to expand blood banking at the veterinary college.

About 80 to 85 percent of his oncology patients have lymphoma, Suter said,
and currently they all eventually die of the disease.

"I got tired of watching that happen," he said. "I decided the time had come
to try do something different."

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