Stem cell transplant wipes out all signs of cancer in acute myeloid leukemia survivor
I¡¯m a statistics guy, so when my doctor explained that a stem cell transplant offered me the greatest odds for surviving acute myeloid leukemia, I was on board.
I¡¯d already had two months of chemotherapy back home in Oklahoma, but it hardly helped. Then I transferred to MD Anderson, where doctors discovered that a genetic mutation was fueling the leukemia cells in my bone marrow. Luckily, an MD Anderson clinical trial was testing...
