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My doctor at MSK happens to be a cord blood specialist... As co-incidence I met one of her patients at hope lodge, who only had a 5/10 halpo sister match...
The doctor gave him two cord blood transplants 9/10 and 8/10 and his sisters' 5/10 stem cells, his sisters' cells were supposed to add GVL effect until the two cord blood grafts could take hold...
Only talked with him once, but I thought it interetesting the things that they are trying now adays.... His wife was home with a three month old and a three year old...
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Married, father of three daughters; now 46; diagnosed w/ Major form MDS 6/18/2013; had low counts across the board; Multiple chromosome abnormalities; Finished 2nd round Dacogen 9/13; SCT - Oct. 31, 2013; Sibling match 10/10  ; 5.5% blasts down to 3%, now 1% (post BMT)
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