Top answers from doctors based on your search:
can bone marrow cancer be cured
A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
48 years experience Pathology
Depends : The cure varies among different bone marrow cancers. Leukemias in children are most likely to be cured. See this site for more info.
http://www.web ... Read More
1
1 thank
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Fero answered
30 years experience Medical Oncology
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 diseas ... Read More
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat answered
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Leukemia: it depends to kind of cancer in pediatrics leukemia relapse ,after heavy chemotherapy bone marrow transplant can save them.
A 53-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sewa Legha answered
49 years experience Medical Oncology
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 ... Read More
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sewa Legha answered
49 years experience Medical Oncology
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 som ... Read More
A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Tanya Russo answered
24 years experience Pediatrics
Fanconi anemia: This genetic disorder eventually causes bone marrow failure, and approximately 10% will develop other types of cancers such as leukemia. Bone marrow ... Read More
A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Kaplan answered
38 years experience Hematology and Oncology
Might be: Acute myelogenous leukemia (aml). Is curable and may require marrow or stem cell transplant.
A 50-year-old male asked:
Dr. Keith Stockerl-Goldstein answered
29 years experience Hematology and Oncology
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 marr ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. William Walsh answered
16 years experience Addiction Medicine
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 d ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 81-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Dugan answered
Specializes in Hematology
When: People talk about bone marrow cancer they are usually referring to multiple myeloma. This is not a medical term. All forms of leukemia are bone marrow ... Read More
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
People also searched for:
Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!
Unlimited visits
$10/month