While Rs 17 lakh was crowdfunded, Rs 3 lakh was given from the CM relief fund. Luckily, Pavan's sister was a perfect match and donated her stem cells. For a transplant, it is usually difficult to find a related or unrelated donor. VIJAYAWADA: Allogeneic stem cell transplant was for the first time performed successfully in AP on a 20-year-old blood cancer patient.Dr Krishna Reddy, Dr Mahadev Swamy and Dr Madhav Danthala treated Pavan at Manipal Hospital, where stem cells from a matching donor were transplanted into his bone marrow.Less than a year ago, he was diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph positive All) - a rare variant of blood cancer.
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