Comments on: Sicko: Bone marrow transplant for kidney cancer? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/sicko-bone-marrow-transplant-for-kidney.html medical blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:03:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/sicko-bone-marrow-transplant-for-kidney.html/comment-page-1#comment-78556 Anonymous Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/sicko-bone-marrow-transplant-for-kidney-cancer.html#comment-78556 Anonymous -- A simple reading of Kling's editorial reveals that he is an economist. Mr. Moore, likewise, is not a journalist. To whom are you referring? Anonymous — A simple reading of Kling’s editorial reveals that he is an economist. Mr. Moore, likewise, is not a journalist. To whom are you referring?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/sicko-bone-marrow-transplant-for-kidney.html/comment-page-1#comment-76982 Anonymous Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:46:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/sicko-bone-marrow-transplant-for-kidney-cancer.html#comment-76982 anon 1:37 ignorance is bliss right?<br/><br/>The NCCN guidelines make no mention of bone marrow transplant. They do recommend "experimental protocols" at this stage. <br/><br/>A review of pubmed using " renal cell cancer bone marrow transplant" returns a whopping 16 results. Again, nothing has left the study protocol stage and one review mentions the high number of participants who are excluded due to multiple reasons. One can surmize from the highly limited number of publications that NO COUNTRY completes transplants for this popuLation on a regular (and certainly only experimental) basis. <br/><br/>Lastly Mr King shows what is wrong when a scientifically naive journalist tries to investigate a medical issue (google...good God). In five minutes of research on the computer, I did a better job proving his point than he did. anon 1:37 ignorance is bliss right?

The NCCN guidelines make no mention of bone marrow transplant. They do recommend “experimental protocols” at this stage.

A review of pubmed using ” renal cell cancer bone marrow transplant” returns a whopping 16 results. Again, nothing has left the study protocol stage and one review mentions the high number of participants who are excluded due to multiple reasons. One can surmize from the highly limited number of publications that NO COUNTRY completes transplants for this popuLation on a regular (and certainly only experimental) basis.

Lastly Mr King shows what is wrong when a scientifically naive journalist tries to investigate a medical issue (google…good God). In five minutes of research on the computer, I did a better job proving his point than he did.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/sicko-bone-marrow-transplant-for-kidney.html/comment-page-1#comment-76977 Anonymous Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/sicko-bone-marrow-transplant-for-kidney-cancer.html#comment-76977 while the above statements may certainly be true, Arnold Kling in his post states these as suppositions...not facts. <br/><br/>He evidences no knowledge (personal or otherwise) that any of those countries might or might not cover bone marrow transplant for kidney cancer treatment, or of any ongoing clinical trial in America that would. while the above statements may certainly be true, Arnold Kling in his post states these as suppositions…not facts.

He evidences no knowledge (personal or otherwise) that any of those countries might or might not cover bone marrow transplant for kidney cancer treatment, or of any ongoing clinical trial in America that would.

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