Robin died before she could benefit from new treatments of leukemia.

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Published the 05.01.2018 at 17h43

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Acute leukemia is a cancer of the blood, capable of carrying – without other warning signs that a state of fatigue, in fact, quite common –anyone, at any time of his life. Rather than cancer of the blood, one should say cancer of the bone marrow. It has nothing to do with the spinal cord. It may be obvious to some, but it is not useless to recall it. The spinal cord’s main function is to extend the information in the brain. The bone marrow, it is responsible – among others – to produce the elements of blood such as red and white blood cells.
Red blood cells serve to carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. When they are met we speak especially of anemia. The white blood cells used to fight infections. They are the ones that produce the antibodies responsible for defending ourselves. What are these white blood cells that are involved in leukemia

White blood cells gone mad

These blood cells are manufactured in bone marrow by cells particular, the leucoblastes, which, for a reason unknown, put a day, not to generate white blood cells, but to multiply identically and indefinitely. It produces more white blood cells mature, but millions of leucoblastes unnecessary. It is the acute leukemia, a cancer of the blood, to be dreaded, because always fatal if it is not taken care of.
How suspicious does one have leukemia ? It is often, before a state of fatigue unexplained, a simple blood test that is evoking the disease. To confirm, there is an analysis of the bone marrow – this is what we call a myélogramme – which will define the treatment, because medicine, in particular French, was able to find weapons against this cancer.

Chemotherapy + bone marrow transplant

Thanks to medication and bone marrow transplants, it is estimated that today, in children, in the most common form, the cure rate is now 80 %. Certainly, it is a treatment to be very aggressive where it kills all the cells in the marrow to allow it to be reborn again – either spontaneously or with the aid of a grafting – and to reproduce white blood cells of high quality.
Are unfortunately a few cases dramatic resistant to any form of medication, which justifies all the fear caused by this disease. And this is what happened to Robin: her cancer had resisted the conventional processing.

Of revolutionary new techniques

For these children, the research is progressing. With medicine techniques highly customized, such as Car-T cells. A strange name for defining a medicine-to-measure, designed by the genius of the man.
It is known that failure in the treatment of cancer is one of the immune cells that lose their battle against the enemy, the cancer cell is a cell of terrorist hyper-organized, and does nothing more to the inside of the body. Isolated at the beginning, hidden in the vastness of the body and the privacy of the body that was born and that she wants to destroy. When they congregate, these terrorists form first islands of destruction – metastasis – and then take the power, and as they have no purpose ; cause the death…
It tries to kill all cells – healthy and diseased – with chemotherapy, and then repopulate with healthy cells, called marrow transplant – but when the troops are disorganized and that they are to shoot each other, that is the atomic war and its consequent destruction.

Genetic Manipulation

The technique chosen is ambitious, unique ! To make it simple, we take a cell-soldier of the sick, not yet contaminated. It changes its internal structure by adding of weapons of mass destruction. Making a simple first-class an element of the elite GIGN able to reproduce at very high speed when he will be on the fighting area. Simple in theory ; incredibly complex in reality. A realization of haute couture, to the unit, worthy of the greatest houses
The genetic manipulation of a few cells of these children has a place in the United States and lasts for 3 to 6 months during which it is not necessary that the disease gets worse, which is unfortunately often the case. But if the maneuver succeeds, a simple infusion and the war resume. The special forces are transforming the location of the tumor in the blaze.
The speed and efficiency of this treatment are mind-blowing. In some days the hope of a few days. It is certainly one of these treatments, which had to be Robin, thanks to the solidarity of thousands of people moved by his case. Because these treatments cost a fortune. More than 500 000 euros for the Car-T Cells.

For those who struggle on a daily basis in the service of first-class pediatric oncology, the problem of cost should not be a barrier to save the life of a child. It is up to the community to find a solution. Not to the doctors.