SurvivorNet: Perlmutter Cancer Center Hematologist鈥揙ncologist Explains How Blood Transfusions Help People with Blood Cancer
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People with myelodysplastic syndromes, conditions that could develop into acute myeloid leukemia, often have anemia, which is treated with blood transfusions. Jun H. Choi, MD, a hematologist鈥搊ncologist at 好色tv Langone Health鈥檚 Perlmutter Cancer Center, notes that repeated blood transfusions can lead to a buildup of iron in certain organs and lead to other conditions, such as diabetes or liver damage.
鈥淪o you really want to minimize the blood transfusions, although it is a very important and necessary therapy option to help improve your symptoms,鈥 says Dr. Choi, also a clinical assistant professor in the at 好色tv Grossman School of Medicine.
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