Question 1

will a bone marrow transplant cure bone marrow cancer?

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Often yes: Bone marrow transplants are often curative for cancers of the bone marrow, i.e. leukemia. It is even more highly curative of benign bone marrow diseases, such as aplastic anemia.  Bone marrow transplants are less useful for other types of cancer (e.g. breast or lung) that has spread to the bone marrow.

Question 2

help please! is bone marrow transplant cure last stage of cancer?

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Leukemia: it depends to kind of cancer in pediatrics leukemia relapse ,after heavy chemotherapy bone marrow transplant can save them.

Question 3

how to cure blood cancer after bone marrow transplantation?

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Unclear ?: Are you saying that the bone marrow transplantation did not cure the blood cancer? If that is your question, then the choices are limited. You should consult another bone marrow transplant experrt and seek his/her input. Bone marrow transplant can sometimes be repeated...As one option. There are also new/experiemntal drugs which can still help even after failure of the transplant.

Question 4

please help me in this .. tell me what is considered the best next step to cure blood cancer after the bone marrow transplant fails ..?

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I am afraid, not man: Not many options , if one gets to this stage. However bone marrow trasplant can be repeated. If this is not possible, then you are at the mercy of some brand new phase 1 or phase 2 clinicla trials which are often running in major cancer centers like md anderson or sloan kettering cancer center. Fred hutchinson cancer center in seattle is another well known place to search for any good options ther.

Question 5

is aml cancer cured by getting bone marrow transplant?

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Might be: Acute myelogenous leukemia (aml). Is curable and may require marrow or stem cell transplant.

Question 6

low bone marrow is it a cancer?

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Low bone marrow: Not sure what you mean by low bone marrow.  Was a bone marrow biopsy performed that shows less than the normal number of cells?  Why was the bone marrow looked at in the first place?  Please ask the question again with more details.

Question 7

can bone marrow cancer cause death?

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Yes: Mortality rates vary depending on the cell line, its response to therapy, and how wide spread it is when it is caught... But all of them can lead to death and debility.

Question 8

what are my symptoms of having bone marrow cancer?

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Many and variable: Please consult this site for usual symptoms of leukemia. There are other types of bone marrow cancers, e.g. P vera, multiple myeloma that are not addressed here.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/leukemia/basics/symptoms/CON-20024914

Question 9

what are the chances of survival for bone marrow cancer?

Accepted Answer

Depends on the type: All depend on what type of cancer, there are many.

Question 10

help me with some information about cancer of the bone marrow?

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Bone marrow cancer: Bone marrow cancer would refer to leukemias, multiple myeloma and some lymphomas.  These are cancers of the cells that typically reside in the normal bone marrow.
These are different than 'bone cancers' which refer to cancers that start in the solid part of the bone--sarcomas.  And these are different than cancers that spread to bone which is also common.

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