{"id":12528,"date":"2019-12-02T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurehealthbiobank.com\/ch-en\/?p=12528"},"modified":"2021-09-06T16:29:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T14:29:52","slug":"amelia-in-remission-from-cancer-after-cord-blood-stem-cell-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurehealthbiobank.com\/ch-en\/blog\/amelia-in-remission-from-cancer-after-cord-blood-stem-cell-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia in remission from cancer after cord blood stem cell transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amelia Topa, a young toddler in the North East of England, will be home just in time for Christmas after receiving a pioneering stem cell transplant to treat a rare combination of cancers.<\/h3>\n

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Amelia\u2019s parents noticed the first warning signs of their daughter\u2019s illness when raised purple spots appeared across her body after she was born. It wasn\u2019t long before little Amelia was diagnosed with two types of leukemia \u2013 acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and acute myeloid leukaemia.<\/p>\n

Her mum, Kerri Paton, reflected on Amelia\u2019s first transplant in 2017:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rare enough to be born with leukaemia but to be born with a mix of two kinds is almost unheard of.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Doctors gave Amelia a bone marrow transplant using stem cells donated” by a man aged between 16 and 30. The treatment worked and, by the following autumn, she was home and awaiting the arrival of her baby brother.<\/p>\n

However, since the bone marrow transplant, tests showed that Amelia\u2019s cancer had returned. After an intensive spell of chemotherapy she was given a second transplant, this time using umbilical cord blood stem cells, in June 2019.<\/p>\n

The cord blood stem cell was a success and Amelia is now in remission, much to the relief of her family. They are now looking forward to bringing their daughter home in time for a happy Christmas.<\/p>\n

Miss Paton said:<\/p>\n

Amelia soared through the transplant and she\u2019s doing really well now, I couldn\u2019t be prouder. I hope Amelia\u2019s story will help other families going through cancer \u2013 there is a light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Amelia was also selected to receive a very special ‘Cancer Research UK Children and Young People Star Award\u2019 in recognition of the courage she showed since being diagnosed.<\/p>\n

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