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why would a patient with bone cancer have a low immune system?
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Default why would a patient with bone cancer have a low immune system? - 01-04-2009, 02:38 PM

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Default 01-13-2009, 04:45 AM

Because it is the bone marrow where white blood cells are produced, and this is what keeps he immune system strong. The white blood cells are what fight infection.Also, cancer patients go through chemotherapy which kills off not only the bad cancer cells but the good healthy cells as well.
   
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Default 03-11-2009, 04:31 AM

i) they have cancerii) bone marrow is where white blood cells (the"Storm Troopers"of the immune system) are manufactured...
   
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Default 06-22-2009, 04:49 AM

The cancer can weaken the immune system by invading the bone marrow where the cells that help fight infection are made. This happens most often in leukaemia or lymphoma. But it can happen with other cancers too.Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can weaken immunity by causing a drop in the number of white blood cells made in the bone marrow. Apart from bone marrow or stem cell transplants, this effect on the bone marrow is temporary. High doses of steroids can also weaken your immune system temporarily.Some cells of the immune system can recognise cancer cells as abnormal and kill them. Unfortunately, this is not enough to get rid of a cancer altogether. But some new treatments aim to use the immune system to fight cancer.
   
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