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<P>Raleigh, NC: <BR><BR>The News & Observer<BR>Published: Sep 03, 2008 11:37
AM<BR>Modified: Sep 03, 2008 04:04 PM<BR><BR>NCSU offers bone marrow transplants
for dogs<BR>From Staff Reports<BR>RALEIGH - N.C. State University is about to
become the first university in the country to offer bone marrow transplants for
dogs with lymphoma.<BR><BR>NCSU's College of Veterinary Medicine plans to begin
performing the procedure within about four weeks, said Dr. Steven Suter, an
assistant professor of<BR>oncology. Suter arranged for NCSU to accept three
donated leukophoresis machines from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minn.<BR><BR>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<BR>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<BR>cancer cells.<BR><BR>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<BR>disease into clinical
remission.<BR><BR>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<BR>12 to 16 months, at best.<BR><BR>By contrast, he expects
bone marrow transplants to cure at least half the dogs who undergo the
procedure.<BR><BR>"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.<BR><BR>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<BR>the cost of treating ailing pets.<BR><BR>"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<BR>clients."<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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<BR>retrievers, which are more prone to
lymphoma.<BR><BR>The machines also will be used to harvest plasma, platelets and
red blood cells to expand blood banking at the veterinary college.<BR><BR>About
80 to 85 percent of his oncology patients have lymphoma, Suter said, and
currently they all eventually die of the disease.<BR><BR>"I got tired of
watching that happen," he said. "I decided the time had come to try do something
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