A patient with a rare bone marrow transplant completed at Baton Rouge Hospital – WAFB

Baton Rouge, La. (WAFB) – The Virgin Mary of the Lake Cancer Institute celebrates after successfully completing bone marrow transplant, so rarely not made in the facility after more than a decade.

The hospital staff cheered as the patient Ed Carutens was discharged on Wednesday, February 5th.

According to the hospital, Dr. Hannah Safah performed the autologous bone marrow transplant two weeks ago by Carruthers, which was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. It is blood cancer that affects the bone marrow.

According to officials, the Cancer Institute has recently launched autologous stem cell transplantation and CAR-T therapy for blood cancer under its program for the therapy for hematologically malignant disease. Dr. Safah and D -R Nale Saba set up the program in October 2024.

Officials have said that these innovative therapies provide new hope for patients facing conditions such as leukemia and multiple myeloma who have a high incidence of incidence in the eastern Baton blush and surrounding areas.

“The presence of treatments as an autologous stem cell transplant and CAR-T therapy is a change of game for many of our patients,” said Dr. Safah. “We are glad to offer these innovative therapies right here in Baton Rouge, giving the patients in our region the access they deserve to take care of the best care without having to travel long distances. Our goal is to continue to expand our blood cancer program and to recruit the best specialists in this field. We are also excited to introduce new clinical trials, such as those for allogenic CAR-T therapy and seek to offer even more avant-garde treatments for patients with solid tumors, including melanoma. “

The program designs its first allogenic bone marrow transplant, which includes a donor to be held in the fall.

Now Caruders encourages others to take their health seriously.

According to the hospital, regular examinations and routine blood associated with back injury led to the detection of his cancer.

“Take these examinations, contact your blood. If I hadn’t done, I don’t know where I was going to be today, “Caruders said.

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