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Does Drinking Alcohol Impair The Growth Of Stem Cells?

I have recurrent Non-Hodgkin diffused large b cell lymphoma stage 4.
This week we tried to harvest my stem cells for a transplant, but got less than half million cells. The plan now is to rest for 2 weeks and try the harvesting again.
My question is.... Does drinking alcohol impair the growth of the stem cells that we are trying to collect?

Thanks, Betty Dilbeck
posted on Sun, 1 Feb 2015
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