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How long after bone marrow transplant does a patient stay in the hospital
A 38-year-old member asked:

Dr. Keith Stockerl-Goldsteinanswered
Hematology and Oncology 31 years experience
Depends: It depends on things such as the type of transplant (autologous with the patient's own cells or allogeneic with a donor's cells), chemotherapy regimen... Read More
6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 44-year-old member asked:

Dr. Steven Ginsberganswered
Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology 38 years experience
Varies alot: It depends upon engraftment (when the blood count rises enough to be safe) and on complications. Usually no less than about 3 weeks.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago

Dr. Aasim Sehbaianswered
Medical Oncology 25 years experience
Hospital stay : Allo transplant 3-4 weeks; auto transplant 1 week on an average.
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years agoMerged
A 21-year-old member asked:

Dr. Stephen Nogaanswered
Medical Oncology 35 years experience
This varies: With many of the peripheral blood stem cell transplants, some programs do the whole procedure as an outpatient, keeping the patient close to the cente... Read More
6.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago

Dr. Noah Federmananswered
20 years experience
It depends 30-60 day: For an allogeneic stem cell transplant one is generally in the hospital for 30-60 days. This could be slightly shorter or longer if there are complica... Read More
4.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 29-year-old member asked:

Dr. Stuart Flechneranswered
Urology 47 years experience
Speak with Team: You really need to speak directly with the team doing your bone marrow transplant for their advice and recommendations.
6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 21-year-old female asked:

Dr. John Leander Poanswered
Infectious Disease 19 years experience
Adjust immune meds: We don't have much options when it comes to bk virus - it doesn't cause much robles except when it comes to transplants. The simplest solution most te... Read More
5.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 30-year-old member asked:

Dr. Romeo Mandanasanswered
Hematology and Oncology 39 years experience
Not Necessarily: Following autologous bone marrow/stem cell transplantation, no immunosuppressive drugs are prescribed because there is no risk of graft-versus-host di... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:

Dr. Edward Goldanswered
Internal Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: Bone marrow transplantation is often used as therapy for patients who are unresponsive to standard therapy.
6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 33-year-old member asked:

Dr. Edward Goldanswered
Internal Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: Bone marrow transplants have been used to treat refractory lymphoma with some degree of success.
6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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A 49-year-old member asked:

Dr. Martin Rubensteinanswered
Hematology and Oncology 46 years experience
It's complicated.: There are different protoclos but generally it starts with drugs to supress or destroy recipient bone marrow, and drugs to block the immune system so ... Read More
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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