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From: tina thomas <tinadt@sbcglobal.net><br>
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Subject: [Cagdu] FW: NCSU offers bone marrow transplants for dogs<br>
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<div>Raleigh, NC: <br>
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The News & Observer<br>
Published: Sep 03, 2008 11:37
AM<br>
Modified: Sep 03, 2008 04:04 PM<br>
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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>
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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>
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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>=0
Adisease 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>
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"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>
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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>
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"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>
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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>
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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>
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The machines also will be used to harvest plasma, platelets and
red blood cells to expand blood banking at the veterinary college.<br>
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About
80 to 85 percent of his oncology patients have lymphoma, Suter said, and
currently
they all eventually die of the disease.<br>
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"I got tired of
watching that happen," he said. "I decided the time had come to try do something
different."<br>
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