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What would be the likely treatment for leukemia?
The most likely treatment is a bone marrow transplant.
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
My friend had a bone marrow transplant and died when it was rejected- the doctors failed to give immunodepressants is that medical negligence?
Undoubtedly it is.
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.
What are the noncancerous diseases in which bone marrow transplant is used in treatment?
Bone marrow transplant is used in the treatment of noncancerous diseases such as aplastic anemia, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and immune system disorders like severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and aplastic immune deficiency. The goal of the transplant is to replace the abnormal or malfunctioning bone marrow with healthy cells to improve the patient's condition.
Which bone marrow transplant uses the patients own bone marrow?
An autologous bone marrow transplant uses the patient's own bone marrow. The bone marrow is collected from the patient, stored, and later reinfused after high-dose chemotherapy or radiation therapy. This type of transplant helps restore the patient's immune system.
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?
In a bone marrow transplant, the patient receives healthy stem cells to replace their damaged or diseased bone marrow. The harvesting process involves collecting these healthy stem cells from either the patient (autologous transplant) or a donor (allogeneic transplant). The harvested cells are then given back to the patient after undergoing certain treatments to help rebuild their immune system and blood cells.
