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Are these sorts of treatments available anywhere in Europe?
by FooBarWidget 3y ago
Are these sorts of treatments available anywhere in Europe?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoOn our underfunded government socialized healthcare systems? No way. Those who are minted go to the US or Switzerland for best cutting edge treatments and prosthetics.
- basisword 3y ago>> On our underfunded government socialized healthcare systems? No way. Those who are minted go to the US or Switzerland for best cutting edge treatments and prosthetics. Switzerland is a European country.
- ametrau 3y agoThey probably mean EU
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>Switzerland is a European country. Without the socialized healthcare system I was talking about.
- vidarh 3y agoOnly 5 patients worldwide has had this dual treatment so far, as far I understand - it's experimental. There's basically one clinic running tests on this specific treatment. Stem cell treatments for this kind of cancer, however, is on the UK NHS's list of treatments when the first line treatments do not get an optimal response, and from what I can see they've been in the guidelines since at least 2020. Given the NHS is one of the "cheapest" (as in stripped of cash by successive governments) socialized systems in Europe, if the NHS can afford it, lots of others can too. It's not the first choice for most patients because it is not suitable for everyone.
- GeekyBear 3y agoThe second patient to be cured this way was from London.
- KarlKemp 3y agoThis procedure was first used about a decade ago in Germany.
- pkaye 3y agoI believe its a byproduct of stem cell transplant treatment for blood cancer combined with the luck that the matching donor having a mutation that protects against HIV.
- KarlKemp 3y agoIt’s not “luck”. They specifically look for such a donor.