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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(03): 400
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_221_20
Oncology Beyond Science

Celebrating His Second Chance at Life Again

Manish Raturi
Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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Abstract

Sooraj was an athletic teenager who is diagnosed to have blood cancer. He meets his donor and undergoes stem cell transplantation. Finally, he celebrates his second chance at life. The author pens down this experience in the configuration of a poem.

Keywords

Blood cancers - ethical concerns - hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - HLA-matched donor


Publication History

Received: 08 May 2020

Accepted: 11 May 2020

Article published online:
28 June 2021

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