Can bone marrow transplant cure blood cancer?

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asked Mar 10, 2022 in Diseases Conditions by ditybent (1,150 points)
Can bone marrow transplant cure blood cancer?

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answered Mar 10, 2022 by Gracy (125,580 points)
Bone marrow transplants in most cases can cure and treat blood cancer.

Bone marrow transplants have been used successfully to treat diseases such as leukemia, lymphomas, aplastic anemia, immune deficiency disorders, and some solid tumor cancers since 1968.

Having a bone marrow transplant can change your personality and lead to personality changes which include (depression, stress, anxiety) and physically (fatigue, pain, hair loss, infertility).

Bone Marrow Transplants are not painful as you'll be under anesthesia and asleep when the bone marrow transplant procedure is done.

You may however experience a bit of pain afterwards for a few days or so after the bone marrow transplant but the pain should go away.

The long term side effects of a bone marrow transplant include.

Infertility, meaning you cannot become pregnant or make a woman pregnant when you want to.
Cataracts, an eye condition that causes cloudy vision.
Sexual side effects and early menopause.
Thyroid problems.
Lung or bone damage.
Possible another cancer.

The side effects of a bone marrow transplant are.

Mouth and throat pain.
Nausea and vomiting.
Infection.
Bleeding and transfusions.
Interstitial pneumonitis and other lung problems.
Graft-versus-host disease.
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD)
Graft failure.

If your body rejects a bone marrow transplant then the bone marrow cancer will usually return and you can get infections and complications.

Rejection of a bone marrow transplant is supported by the presence of recipient lymphocytes, preferentially T-cells, and the absence of donor cells in blood and marrow.

Graft failure may also be due to other causes, such as viral infections, specifically, cytomegalovirus (CMV), human herpes virus type 6 (HHV6) and parvovirus.

Graft failure can lead to serious bleeding and/or infection. Graft failure is suspected in patients whose counts do not start going up within 3 to 4 weeks of a bone marrow or peripheral blood transplant, or within 7 weeks of a cord blood transplant.

You can die from a bone marrow transplant as a result of complications that can occur after the bone marrow transplant.

Some people who have a bone marrow transplant may experience reactions that can follow any medical procedure, including: shortness of breath. a drop in blood pressure.

The chances of survival after a bone marrow transplant are pretty high.

After a bone marrow transplant your chance of survival is around 65 to 75 percent depending on your age and overall health.

A bone marrow transplant procedure takes between 1 to 2 hours and you may feel weak for a few days after the bone marrow transplant surgery.

The success rate of bone marrow transplants for Leukemia are between 62% to 65%.

Most Bone Marrow Transplants are successful although sometimes they are not successful.

Bone Marrow Transplants are between 62% to 65% successful.

When you have a bone marrow transplant your odds of survival are 62 percent after receiving the bone marrow transplant.

During a Bone Marrow Transplant the person's blood-forming stem cells are eliminated and then they're replaced with new, healthy ones that are obtained from either a donor or from donated umbilical cord blood or the persons own cord blood that has been banked through cord blood banking.

Without a Bone Marrow Transplant then you have a less chance of survival so it's a good idea to get a Bone Marrow Transplant if needed to increase your chances of survival.

The life expectancy after a bone marrow transplant varies depending on your age and current overall health.

However some people live a normal life after a bone marrow transplant and some live only 5 to 15 years after the bone marrow transplant.

The life expectancy of a person after a bone marrow transplant is between 5 to 15 years and sometimes longer as long as the bone marrow transplant takes.

Most bone marrow transplants take just fine and then the person is cured and lives a normal life expectancy.

My Grandmother had a bone marrow transplant and lived 30 years after the bone marrow transplant.

Your age and current health can factor into the life expectancy after the bone marrow transplant.

A bone marrow transplant is painless as you'll be given anesthesia when you have the bone marrow transplant done.

You may be awake during the bone marrow transplant but you won't feel a thing during the procedure.

Stem cells for bone marrow transplants are infused into your body through a central line and it's painless.

Even donating bone marrow is painless as well.

Donating or giving bone marrow is not really dangerous and is relatively safe for the bone marrow donator.

The only real risk with donating bone marrow is the use of anesthesia and it's effects on some people but even that is pretty safe.

Most bone marrow surgeries to donate bone marrow go through without any problems.

But you might feel sore for a few days where the bone marrow was removed from.

Donating bone marrow does not shorten your life.

When you donate bone marrow the bone marrow that was removed from you for donation will eventually grow back on it's own.

So you will get the bone marrow back naturally when you donate your bone marrow.

So you'll still have new bone marrow growing in place of the old donated bone marrow.

It's a myth that your life will be shorted when donating bone marrow.

Many people who donate bone marrow go on to live a normal life expectancy.

It's worth it to donate bone marrow to save lives.

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