Why do some patients decline Peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation?
• They feel that blood progenitor cells will naturally become blood cells and so decisions regarding the progenitors should be the same as if they had already become whole blood. Sometimes this reasoning is compared to pregnancy where the fetus will naturally become a baby and so decisions regarding that fetus should be the same as if it were already born. • They are misunderstanding the term “stem cell,” and are mistakenly voicing their objection to the use of embryonic stem cells.
