total blood transfusion for metastatic cancer

vinaykumar
vinaykumar Member Posts: 66 Member

i have been wondering why they ( oncologists )  do not do a total blood transplant in cases of metastatic cancer . i understand cancer can be in the lymphatic system or micro metasized at other places and would continue leaking malignant cells but a total blood transfusion will at least partially clear  the blood of microscopic tumors circulating in the blood

 

anyone asked this question to their oncs? i am going to ask in the next meeting?

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  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    Let us know what you find

    Let us know what you find out.

    Somehow, I would imagine they would deny this because of the sheer numbers of cancer patients...along with how much blood would be needed for each patient.

    And of course, I'm sure the COST is prohibitive...

    And I'll just bet that the chance of recurrence would negate this procedure...just the small percentage of What If?

    Will be interested to hear what your doctor has to say...

  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    the transfusion will disable your immune system

    based on phd researcher aust blood bank, and he ahould know.

    i wad told to never get a transfusion unless life or death.

    i like your thinking, look up ozone and photoperisis, examples of effective alternative blood based therapy.

    removab kills ctcs via immune memoey t cell response, see my blog, medical references if interested. its experimental and sort of tested, at leaston me and a few trail blazers.

    hugs,

    pete

  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member

    the transfusion will disable your immune system

    based on phd researcher aust blood bank, and he ahould know.

    i wad told to never get a transfusion unless life or death.

    i like your thinking, look up ozone and photoperisis, examples of effective alternative blood based therapy.

    removab kills ctcs via immune memoey t cell response, see my blog, medical references if interested. its experimental and sort of tested, at leaston me and a few trail blazers.

    hugs,

    pete

    Hi Pete

    I have never heard of a blood transfusion disabling the immune system.  Certainly there are risks with transfusions based on campatibility and purity of the blood source.

    Cancer patients do receive transfusions during surgeries and selective blood parts for low cell counts.

    I would be interested in any documented information regarding this issue.  If it should only be considered in a life or death situation, I would think every cancer patient should carry some kind of medic alert regarding transfusions, even if it only relates to whole blood transfusions.

    Total blood replacement is different than a transfusion.  While I know it can be done in infants, I am not sure it is possible in adults.  Even if possible, I am not sure how effective it would be unless the source of the cancer has not been killed/removed first. 

    Just my thoughts on the subject.

    Marie who loves kitties

  • ccfighter
    ccfighter Member Posts: 476
    What we need is a cancer cell

    What we need is a cancer cell dialysis.  That way we have our own blood that has been filtered of cancer cells.  Google it and its been thought of before.  Dont really understand why we dont have something like that yet.  They can see "dark matter" in space, yet a cancer cell?!  Smart people in the wrong places.  Maybe someday.

  • luvinlife2
    luvinlife2 Member Posts: 172 Member
    I did ask my onc

    this very question.  He told me it would be ineffective because it wouldn't remove the tumors and the tumors would keep spitting out new cancer cells so total waste of time. 

  • hippiechicks
    hippiechicks Member Posts: 509 Member

    I did ask my onc

    this very question.  He told me it would be ineffective because it wouldn't remove the tumors and the tumors would keep spitting out new cancer cells so total waste of time. 

    Hmmmmm....but if the tumors

    Hmmmmm....but if the tumors are removed with surgery...then what??

     

  • luvinlife2
    luvinlife2 Member Posts: 172 Member

    Hmmmmm....but if the tumors

    Hmmmmm....but if the tumors are removed with surgery...then what??

     

    NED

    If you don't have tumors then you don't have any disease that shows on scans so why would you do a transfusion if there is no detectable disease?   It doesn't make sense to go through a blood transfusion as a "mop-up" treatment for rogue cancer cells and transfusions don't completely empty every organ of blood so there could very easily  be cancer cells in hiding.  If your cancer is undectable I think it makes more sense to do things to keep the immune system functining good so your own body can kill individual cells.

    I was thinking the same as you about at least getting a lot of circulating cells out of the body but my onc should his head and said he didn't believe the results would be worth going through the process, but he was speaking to my situation (I have tumors in liver/lungs).  Smile

  • hippiechicks
    hippiechicks Member Posts: 509 Member

    NED

    If you don't have tumors then you don't have any disease that shows on scans so why would you do a transfusion if there is no detectable disease?   It doesn't make sense to go through a blood transfusion as a "mop-up" treatment for rogue cancer cells and transfusions don't completely empty every organ of blood so there could very easily  be cancer cells in hiding.  If your cancer is undectable I think it makes more sense to do things to keep the immune system functining good so your own body can kill individual cells.

    I was thinking the same as you about at least getting a lot of circulating cells out of the body but my onc should his head and said he didn't believe the results would be worth going through the process, but he was speaking to my situation (I have tumors in liver/lungs).  Smile

    Yes...that makes

    Yes...that makes sense...although I recently had to have several pints due to blood loss during surgery and secretly felt really good to be getting rid of "tainted"  blood and getting some "new" stuff all clean and tested!! LOL

    Wish you the best!  Cool  (...I wear shades all the time now due to light sensitivity from chemo!)

  • vinaykumar
    vinaykumar Member Posts: 66 Member

    NED

    If you don't have tumors then you don't have any disease that shows on scans so why would you do a transfusion if there is no detectable disease?   It doesn't make sense to go through a blood transfusion as a "mop-up" treatment for rogue cancer cells and transfusions don't completely empty every organ of blood so there could very easily  be cancer cells in hiding.  If your cancer is undectable I think it makes more sense to do things to keep the immune system functining good so your own body can kill individual cells.

    I was thinking the same as you about at least getting a lot of circulating cells out of the body but my onc should his head and said he didn't believe the results would be worth going through the process, but he was speaking to my situation (I have tumors in liver/lungs).  Smile

    well they why can they do a

    well they why can they do a organ specific transfusion 1st and then a total blood transfusion ? known blood vessels carry blood in and out of all organs ( Arterial Chemotherapy Infusion of the Liver uses these vessels)
     if they change the blood in and around an organ which has the tumor ,woudl that not help get the chunk of loose/leaky microtumours out ?

  • luvinlife2
    luvinlife2 Member Posts: 172 Member

    well they why can they do a

    well they why can they do a organ specific transfusion 1st and then a total blood transfusion ? known blood vessels carry blood in and out of all organs ( Arterial Chemotherapy Infusion of the Liver uses these vessels)
     if they change the blood in and around an organ which has the tumor ,woudl that not help get the chunk of loose/leaky microtumours out ?

    Doea a total blood transfusion

    completely empty the body of all blood cells?  I don't know much about organ transfusions.  What about microscopic cells that could be left inside an organs such as the liver, lungs or bones.  Would a complete blood transfusion remove everything?

  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member

    Doea a total blood transfusion

    completely empty the body of all blood cells?  I don't know much about organ transfusions.  What about microscopic cells that could be left inside an organs such as the liver, lungs or bones.  Would a complete blood transfusion remove everything?

    IMHO

    I don't believe there is a means of totally draining the body of blood and putting new in.  If not drained, then the new would mix with the old, and there would be no reason to do it.

    Our best hope would be for the invention of a blood filtration system which would catch the microscopic cancer cells.which might be of benifit to prevent spread to other organs.  It would however not remove cancer already rooted in organs.

    Marie who loves kitties

  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member

    Hi Pete

    I have never heard of a blood transfusion disabling the immune system.  Certainly there are risks with transfusions based on campatibility and purity of the blood source.

    Cancer patients do receive transfusions during surgeries and selective blood parts for low cell counts.

    I would be interested in any documented information regarding this issue.  If it should only be considered in a life or death situation, I would think every cancer patient should carry some kind of medic alert regarding transfusions, even if it only relates to whole blood transfusions.

    Total blood replacement is different than a transfusion.  While I know it can be done in infants, I am not sure it is possible in adults.  Even if possible, I am not sure how effective it would be unless the source of the cancer has not been killed/removed first. 

    Just my thoughts on the subject.

    Marie who loves kitties

    this was just advice from a trusted expert friend

    dear marie,

    from memory and this was told to me prior to my resection, its the fact that our blood is made up of many different types of cells, of course the dna will be different between donor and recipient. i am on a research holiday, my friend is also away diving until after i leave for germany, so my opinion is just that, but its come from a reliable source. the same one that advised against chemo at the very beginning of my treatment, for which i am grateful.

    but because you are always so helpful here is the detailed info.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2265/

    our immune systems are so fragile, stress disables them, love boosts them, operations disable them and so do toxins bpa's and mercury etc etc.

    a transfusion is just another assult.

    hugs,

    Pete

  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    ccfighter said:

    What we need is a cancer cell

    What we need is a cancer cell dialysis.  That way we have our own blood that has been filtered of cancer cells.  Google it and its been thought of before.  Dont really understand why we dont have something like that yet.  They can see "dark matter" in space, yet a cancer cell?!  Smart people in the wrong places.  Maybe someday.

    its really really hard ccfighter

    i think someday is almost here

    see the science of the rgcc lab tests, the test thats guided my treatments and current remission almost.

    http://www.rgcc-genlab.com/?personnel

    its a very innovative idea, the issue is that the liver filters these ctc, it seems to be where most mets start or the fine capilaries of the lungs.

    the issue  is that ctc's appear to be released by tumours, so filtering all your blood as a one of is next to useless.

    what we need to do is make our body ctc unfriendly, lots of therapies and ways of attempting this , but they are not accepted.

    hugs,

    Pete

  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member

    NED

    If you don't have tumors then you don't have any disease that shows on scans so why would you do a transfusion if there is no detectable disease?   It doesn't make sense to go through a blood transfusion as a "mop-up" treatment for rogue cancer cells and transfusions don't completely empty every organ of blood so there could very easily  be cancer cells in hiding.  If your cancer is undectable I think it makes more sense to do things to keep the immune system functining good so your own body can kill individual cells.

    I was thinking the same as you about at least getting a lot of circulating cells out of the body but my onc should his head and said he didn't believe the results would be worth going through the process, but he was speaking to my situation (I have tumors in liver/lungs).  Smile

    not quiet my understanding kathy

    the ctc's rarely get to zero, a count above 2 indicates a metastatic risk. no else here has done the rgcc analysis or discussed the results.

    the point of ned, is a false hope is a sense, as the tumours that exist say are 2.9mm, when the ct picks up 3mm and above so, so its possible to be ned and still have tumours.

    my exact case at this very moment, and why the surgeon advised a full hipec/peritonecomy while i am NED and CEA almost in normal range.

    here is the http://www.rgcc-genlab.com/?personnel

    the science here is aimed at reducing ctc's, it works well. my current success is based on these tests and recommended chemo/natural therapies.

    you can soon order the test online, it costs about $2000 and is a good investment in my opinion, i am doing my second full test in the next few days to guide my maintenance therpay in the german labs.

    i hope this helps, my friend says the developer of this test will get a noble prize one day, i would not be surprised.

    I am grateful the test exists, i have more confidence in its results, but having a very competant alternative specialist to analyse and guide therapy essential. you cannot do it yourself, i tried and failed, but in expert hands the reports are criticial to beating this illness in my opinion. a few studies cited on the companies website.

    hugs,

    Pete

  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member

    this was just advice from a trusted expert friend

    dear marie,

    from memory and this was told to me prior to my resection, its the fact that our blood is made up of many different types of cells, of course the dna will be different between donor and recipient. i am on a research holiday, my friend is also away diving until after i leave for germany, so my opinion is just that, but its come from a reliable source. the same one that advised against chemo at the very beginning of my treatment, for which i am grateful.

    but because you are always so helpful here is the detailed info.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2265/

    our immune systems are so fragile, stress disables them, love boosts them, operations disable them and so do toxins bpa's and mercury etc etc.

    a transfusion is just another assult.

    hugs,

    Pete

    Hi Pete

    I read the site you referenced and it appears to be talking about "incompatible blood" being transfused and the actions the immune system takes to that "foreign invasion".

    I was with my sis at her chemo treatment today and asked about the issue of blood transfusions.  The bottom line is that blood transfusions can be medically safe when the proper care of cross type and match plus screening for diseases such as AIDS is done on the supplied blood.  That said, I think that the medical community does not want to transfuse anyone unless it is absolutely necessary.  Even for planned surgeries, many docs prefer for the patient to pre-donate their own blood, just in case it is needed.

    There is no doubt about it, introducing foreign matter, be it blood, chemo, radiation, meds, etc. can have an effect on how our body responds.

    As always it is interesting to debate things with you.

    Hugs,

    Marie who loves kitties

     

  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member

    Hi Pete

    I read the site you referenced and it appears to be talking about "incompatible blood" being transfused and the actions the immune system takes to that "foreign invasion".

    I was with my sis at her chemo treatment today and asked about the issue of blood transfusions.  The bottom line is that blood transfusions can be medically safe when the proper care of cross type and match plus screening for diseases such as AIDS is done on the supplied blood.  That said, I think that the medical community does not want to transfuse anyone unless it is absolutely necessary.  Even for planned surgeries, many docs prefer for the patient to pre-donate their own blood, just in case it is needed.

    There is no doubt about it, introducing foreign matter, be it blood, chemo, radiation, meds, etc. can have an effect on how our body responds.

    As always it is interesting to debate things with you.

    Hugs,

    Marie who loves kitties

     

    immunotherapy emerging, its the basis of my strategy

    my phd friend, is really really smart. he has seen the damage of blood transfusions and the immune system. i trust his advice, and share it.

    another point of difference between conventional medical wisdom.

    protecting our immune system = better quality and quantity of life in my not so humble opinion.

    the irony, is that chemo nurses and oncologists are experts at destroying immune systems, not protecting or rebuilding them.

    none of the 6 oncologists could offer advice to me to get my white blood cells up. but then they would have to do detail immune system test which would prove the damage of chemo. we could not have patients seeing that, they would question the rational of chemo.

    alas blood transfusions fall into the same category, if you have to have one, do it and don't stress. my doctors knew my clear preference against transfusions.

    discussing interesting therapies always a pleasure my friend.

    if you want proof then do a detailed immune study before and after chemo. ironically the immune system in an active chemo regime maybe so deficient that the transfusion maybe safer, ie no cells to mount an immune response. how ironic.

    hugs,

    Pete

  • richls
    richls Member Posts: 54

    immunotherapy emerging, its the basis of my strategy

    my phd friend, is really really smart. he has seen the damage of blood transfusions and the immune system. i trust his advice, and share it.

    another point of difference between conventional medical wisdom.

    protecting our immune system = better quality and quantity of life in my not so humble opinion.

    the irony, is that chemo nurses and oncologists are experts at destroying immune systems, not protecting or rebuilding them.

    none of the 6 oncologists could offer advice to me to get my white blood cells up. but then they would have to do detail immune system test which would prove the damage of chemo. we could not have patients seeing that, they would question the rational of chemo.

    alas blood transfusions fall into the same category, if you have to have one, do it and don't stress. my doctors knew my clear preference against transfusions.

    discussing interesting therapies always a pleasure my friend.

    if you want proof then do a detailed immune study before and after chemo. ironically the immune system in an active chemo regime maybe so deficient that the transfusion maybe safer, ie no cells to mount an immune response. how ironic.

    hugs,

    Pete

    Hi Pete

    Pete, what in your opinion is the best way to build up your immune system? With all the studies lately that are saying anti-oxidents can effect chemo treatments, I don't know what to do or who to believe.

    I also think your immune system plays a huge part in the fight on cancer, but when I asked the onc, she said to limit supplements such as vitamin c as well as anti- oxidents. It is very confusing.

  • janie1
    janie1 Member Posts: 753 Member

    not quiet my understanding kathy

    the ctc's rarely get to zero, a count above 2 indicates a metastatic risk. no else here has done the rgcc analysis or discussed the results.

    the point of ned, is a false hope is a sense, as the tumours that exist say are 2.9mm, when the ct picks up 3mm and above so, so its possible to be ned and still have tumours.

    my exact case at this very moment, and why the surgeon advised a full hipec/peritonecomy while i am NED and CEA almost in normal range.

    here is the http://www.rgcc-genlab.com/?personnel

    the science here is aimed at reducing ctc's, it works well. my current success is based on these tests and recommended chemo/natural therapies.

    you can soon order the test online, it costs about $2000 and is a good investment in my opinion, i am doing my second full test in the next few days to guide my maintenance therpay in the german labs.

    i hope this helps, my friend says the developer of this test will get a noble prize one day, i would not be surprised.

    I am grateful the test exists, i have more confidence in its results, but having a very competant alternative specialist to analyse and guide therapy essential. you cannot do it yourself, i tried and failed, but in expert hands the reports are criticial to beating this illness in my opinion. a few studies cited on the companies website.

    hugs,

    Pete

    Thanks Pete, i enjoy reading

    Thanks Pete, i enjoy reading what you have gathered from your "experience".  It's hard for people to debate/question you since you have already done so much research on the topic in question.  People can really learn from you.  I'm just not into all kinds of opinions, but science-backed facts. 

    Some people on colon club are very good with research.  In-depth research, not just google and paste something random.

  • luvinlife2
    luvinlife2 Member Posts: 172 Member

    not quiet my understanding kathy

    the ctc's rarely get to zero, a count above 2 indicates a metastatic risk. no else here has done the rgcc analysis or discussed the results.

    the point of ned, is a false hope is a sense, as the tumours that exist say are 2.9mm, when the ct picks up 3mm and above so, so its possible to be ned and still have tumours.

    my exact case at this very moment, and why the surgeon advised a full hipec/peritonecomy while i am NED and CEA almost in normal range.

    here is the http://www.rgcc-genlab.com/?personnel

    the science here is aimed at reducing ctc's, it works well. my current success is based on these tests and recommended chemo/natural therapies.

    you can soon order the test online, it costs about $2000 and is a good investment in my opinion, i am doing my second full test in the next few days to guide my maintenance therpay in the german labs.

    i hope this helps, my friend says the developer of this test will get a noble prize one day, i would not be surprised.

    I am grateful the test exists, i have more confidence in its results, but having a very competant alternative specialist to analyse and guide therapy essential. you cannot do it yourself, i tried and failed, but in expert hands the reports are criticial to beating this illness in my opinion. a few studies cited on the companies website.

    hugs,

    Pete

    I agree Pete :)

    That why I said no dectable disease.  I know the chances of tiny tumors or remaining "undectable" disease remains high.  I was looking from a medical standpoint if tests show nothing then it doesn't make sense to go through something like a blood transfusion to treat "nothing".   If I can get to NED, I will not consider my cancer gone and will continue to weaken any remaining disease with my alternative treatments, perhaps even some low dose xeloda for a period of time until I've had a few consistent scans and my ctc test comes back from Germany with the numbers my nat onc is looking for.  Smile

    ps. $2000.00 is a lot...I don't pay anything remotely close to that for my ctc.

  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    richls said:

    Hi Pete

    Pete, what in your opinion is the best way to build up your immune system? With all the studies lately that are saying anti-oxidents can effect chemo treatments, I don't know what to do or who to believe.

    I also think your immune system plays a huge part in the fight on cancer, but when I asked the onc, she said to limit supplements such as vitamin c as well as anti- oxidents. It is very confusing.

    i don't know, read the book

    only joking, we are all so different with completely different immune systems.

    the best advice by far i have had personally is from doctor Nesstlehut in duderstadt my vaccine guru.

    i am on about 100 supplements a day and on and off label meds.

    the key elements are thymus exact liquid, i bought these back from germany cost $1000 for 6 weeks, 2 shot per week. cannot get it here.

    and psk mushroom, i got a few different types, but the basic dose is 1gram break, lunch, dinner.

    see anns post re stress, thats important. following the holistic model.

    sauna therapy, exercise, detoxing come to mind.

    avoiding chemo ( ouch sorry )

    it depends completely on the individual and an assessment of immune function, not just high level counts that we go by.

    its all in the ratios of about 40 differnet components of the immune system, that I am eager to understand.

    its very complex, and no doctors bar one impressed me. but i paid hiom $10,000 for the vaccine. you only get what you pay for , they say in life.

    i am seeing my conventional sydney onc agsin tomorrow, i am asking for a referal to a local immune specialist. i want to have comparable immune assays in english locally.

    limiting vit c i agree with.

    hugs,

    Pete