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What are the noncancerous diseases in which bone marrow transplant is used in treatment?
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Noncancerous diseases for which bone marrow transplantation can be a treatment option include aplastic anemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and severe immunodeficiency.
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Which bone marrow transplant uses the patients own bone marrow?
it is called an autologous bone marrow transplant
Which is the year of the first bone marrow transplant in the US with success?
The first successful bone marrow transplant was in 1973.
What happens when not enough bone marrow is produced?
you're body cant cope with disease well or recovery from common illness' because you have a deficiency of whiite blood sells - bone marrow. and the treatment is a bone marrow transplant.
Mrs gilmer's leukemia is being treated with a bone marrow transplant some of her bone marrow was harvested so that she will be able to receive a bone marrow transplant?
autologous
How do use bone marrow in a sentence?
The bone marrow transplant was scheduled in a month.
What are the noncancerous diseases in which bone marrow transplantation is used in treatment?
Noncancerous diseases for which bone marrow transplantation can be a treatment option include aplastic anemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and severe immunodeficiency.
What would be the likely treatment for leukemia?
The most likely treatment is a bone marrow transplant.
Has leukemia and requires a bone marrow transplant part of the treatment was the harvesting of her bone marrow so she could receive it later as a?
autologous bone marrow transplant, "auto" means "self"
Leukemia is a disease that affects the bodys ability to grow new healthy blood cells what would be the most likely treatment for leukemia?
The most likely treatment is a bone marrow transplant.
What are the risks in a bone marrow transplant?
The transplant and associated treatments are hard on the recipient. Bone marrow transplants are debilitating. A person's ability to withstand the rigors of the transplant is a key consideration in deciding to use this treatment.
What happens after a relapse of leukemia?
Normally at this point the best treatment is a bone marrow transplant.
What is the treatment if bone marrow stops producing any type of cells?
About the only thing would be a bone marrow transplant if your bone marrow isn't working.
What is autologous bone marrow transplant?
Bone marrow is taken out and stored for some time. After treatment, which could be chemotherapy or radiotherapy, the stored bone marrow is returned to the patient. This procedure is carried out during treatment of cancer, Hodgkin's or leukemia and is called autologous bone marrow transplant
Which bone marrow transplant uses the patients own bone marrow?
it is called an autologous bone marrow transplant
Who benefits from bone marrow transplant?
People with different types of cancers or diseases from Leukemia to Sickle Cell Anemia can benefit from a Bone Marrow Transplant. Basically when someones blood or immune system is not working and needs replaced
What is known as harvesting bone marrow and receiving it later as a bone marrow transplant?
Autologous bone marrow transplant
When the donor is the patient himself it is what type of bone marrow transplant?
Autologous = own marrow Allogeneic = transplant from a related (or tissue matched) donor. Syngeneic = transplant from an identical twin.
