OVERVIEW: HSCT, Will This Form of Stem Cell Therapy Soon Become the Standard of Care?

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To find out more about this treatment, Wheelchair Kamikaze blogger Marc Stecker just wrote an accurate and easy to understand overview of stem cell transplantation for MS (the treatment I had done in 2010). Since I couldn't do any better, I'm just going to link to his post. Mandatory reading if you are remotely considering having this done for your multiple sclerosis. - Dave

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy, now there’s a mouthful. More commonly known by its initials, HSCT, this form of stem cell treatment, first tried on MS patients back in the mid-1990s, is beginning to demand widespread attention from doctors and patients alike. Why? Well, one recent study found that when applied to properly selected patients, nearly 80% showed no sign of multiple sclerosis disease activity five years after treatment (click here). No relapses, no new MS lesions, no disease progression – none. Eye-popping results to say the least, all the more so given the fact that these patients were treated on a one time only basis with no follow-up drugs or therapy required. Results like these have led even some mainstream MS neurologists to begin looking at HSCT as perhaps evolving into the standard of care for many patients in the not-too-distant future.

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[ActiveMSers]

I've had the pleasure of speaking with Marc in detail on this topic and others, and he is every bit the level-headed MS champion he appears to be on his blog. Highly recommended.

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