Cancer patients find new hope // New cell technique boosts survival rate From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: September 1, 1991| Author: Howard Wolinsky | Copyright (null) Chicago Sun-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Margaret Lucania was diagnosed last fall with a recurrence of breast cancer so advanced her doctors told her that until very recently they would have had no hope to offer her.

The 30-year-old from St. Charles learned that her cancer had spread to her bone marrow.

Her doctors ruled out a marrow transplant, in which a sample is extracted and frozen while patients undergo highly toxic chemotherapy to kill cancer cells. Afterward, cells are thawed and reinfused, restoring vital b...

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