Delhi hospital successfully treats child suffering from rare bone cancer through stem cell transplant

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Doctors at Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Delhi, have successfully treated an eight-year-old boy suffering from a rare and aggressive childhood cancer, Ewing’s Sarcoma, through a stem cell transplant.

According to the hospital, the child was diagnosed with relapsed Ewing’s Sarcoma, a cancer that affects bones and soft tissues, with the tumour spreading to the chest wall and mediastinum — the central part of the chest containing the heart and major blood vessels. The tumour’s location made surgical intervention extremely challenging.

The patient had initially undergone chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy at another centre after being diagnosed with a chest wall tumour. However, the cancer relapsed a year later. Three years on, he arrived at Madhu