Australian Study Says Bone Marrow Transplant Causing Secondary Cancers

Queensland, Australia (AHN) - A new Australian study showed that bone marrow transplant causes secondary cancers in patients who have undergone the medical procedure.

The study, released on Friday, were undertaken by researchers from Queensland and South Australia who found out that cancer-stimulating cells may have been traveling from the bone marrow and help tumors grow in other parts of the body.

The head of the research, Daniel Worthley, said "Some of the cells that might surround a cancer, such as a breast cancer, could theoretically be from the bone marrow."

He added, "Not the cancer cells themselves, but in fact the very important cells that are surrounding the tumor, those are the cells."

The results of the study came after another research found out that a drug used to treat patients who need bone marrow may cause cancer.

The bone marrow drug Cyclosporine has been linked by U.S. and Japanese scientists to an increased risk of cancer and may cause cancer itself.