Is HSCT becoming the new CCSVI? More HSCT debate between docs and patients

[ActiveMSers]

I occasionally chime in on Bart's MS Blog, but usually that's a fool's errand when it comes to the topic of HSCT. Not that Marc's a fool (Wheelchair Kamikaze)! But he is braver than I am.

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[ActiveMSers]

And more, with a breakdown on the researcher thought process....

Like most modern treatments that get adopted prematurely in MS, i.e. before the necessary science is done to convince the wider community, they are driven by social media. We have a lot of experience on this blog with CCSVI; in fact, CCSVI is one of the main reasons why I started this blog.

The question I now find myself asking has HSCT become the new CCSVI? Could the current support for HSCT as a treatment for MS getting ahead of the curve? Is the HSCT movement in MS becoming an anti-science movement, i.e. adopted against the predominant scientific opinion of the time? The wider MS community, pwMS, neurologists, scientists, charities, healthcare systems, etc. have agreed that there is a place for HSCT in the treatment of MS, but until we have better evidence of its relative benefits and risks compared to licensed DMTs we should be....

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