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Surgery is an option, namely bone-marrow transplants. The reason blood cancers are first with these techniques boils down to having better known antigen target
by erkkie 11y ago
Surgery is an option, namely bone-marrow transplants.
The reason blood cancers are first with these techniques boils down to having better known antigen targets to target compared to solid tumors where known antigens have more cross reactivity to other tissues (so less specificity, more side-effects).
- carbocation 11y agoDespite the word "transplant", bone marrow transplants are not done surgically; they are done by infusion of donor cells into the bloodstream. Then, the cells seek out their own niche and engraft.
- erkkie 11y agoGood point, you're right, not surgery, more like an (significantly invasive) procedure. Still good to differentiate from "giving a drug".