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Does Adipose Stem Cell Therapy Help In Preventing Side Effects Of Chemotherapy?
Question: Hi... I am a General Surgeon.
I have a young patient (42 yrs) who had a Ruptured Ovarian Cyst which happened to have adenoCA within it. So she went on to have XXXXXXX BSO and Omentectomy and node removal. following that she had 4 rounds of Chemotherapy and she has two more left.
She is now developing side effects due to the Chemo. but is doing OK with a change in diet (Alkaline Foods and alkaline water) and some other immune enhancing herbs (Graviola..example).
Question: Will Autologous Adipose Stem Cell Therapy give intravenously be of any benefit for her ?.
If so, Do you offer such therapy at Mayo ?.
Thank you
XXXX MD.,FACS
I have a young patient (42 yrs) who had a Ruptured Ovarian Cyst which happened to have adenoCA within it. So she went on to have XXXXXXX BSO and Omentectomy and node removal. following that she had 4 rounds of Chemotherapy and she has two more left.
She is now developing side effects due to the Chemo. but is doing OK with a change in diet (Alkaline Foods and alkaline water) and some other immune enhancing herbs (Graviola..example).
Question: Will Autologous Adipose Stem Cell Therapy give intravenously be of any benefit for her ?.
If so, Do you offer such therapy at Mayo ?.
Thank you
XXXX MD.,FACS
Brief Answer:
There is adipose stem-cell therapy for other conditions available at Mayo
Detailed Answer:
Hello, and I hope I can help you doctor.
I am a generalist OBGYN in the US but I have worked on faculty at a university affiliated medical center and I hope I can help you get the information that you need to answer your question.
I performed a literature review and also looked into the Mayo Clinic's oncology department to try to find an answer to your question.
In general, as you probably know, stem cell therapy can be used as an adjunct to chemotherapy but it is mainly used to raise cell counts that have become too low or to prepare patients so they may be given higher doses for treatment. Limited research has been done specifically on treatment of ovarian cancer side effects with stem cell therapy.
I was able to find out that Mayo clinic is using adipose derived stem cells for treatment of other medical conditions, so it must be available at one or more of their locations.
I suggest contacting their Department of GYN Oncology directly and I can send you the link of contact information for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oncology division) The link is below:
http://www.YYYY.org/YYYY-YYYY/contact?_YY=1.000.0000
I hope the information I was able to gather for you was helpful. I do not think you will be able to find out specifically what treatments they offer (especially in ongoing clinical trials that are not published yet)
Please do not hesitate to contact me further if I can be of any additional assistance to you.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline C. Brown MD
There is adipose stem-cell therapy for other conditions available at Mayo
Detailed Answer:
Hello, and I hope I can help you doctor.
I am a generalist OBGYN in the US but I have worked on faculty at a university affiliated medical center and I hope I can help you get the information that you need to answer your question.
I performed a literature review and also looked into the Mayo Clinic's oncology department to try to find an answer to your question.
In general, as you probably know, stem cell therapy can be used as an adjunct to chemotherapy but it is mainly used to raise cell counts that have become too low or to prepare patients so they may be given higher doses for treatment. Limited research has been done specifically on treatment of ovarian cancer side effects with stem cell therapy.
I was able to find out that Mayo clinic is using adipose derived stem cells for treatment of other medical conditions, so it must be available at one or more of their locations.
I suggest contacting their Department of GYN Oncology directly and I can send you the link of contact information for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oncology division) The link is below:
http://www.YYYY.org/YYYY-YYYY/contact?_YY=1.000.0000
I hope the information I was able to gather for you was helpful. I do not think you will be able to find out specifically what treatments they offer (especially in ongoing clinical trials that are not published yet)
Please do not hesitate to contact me further if I can be of any additional assistance to you.
Best wishes,
Jacqueline C. Brown MD
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