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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 32 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
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Ginsberganswered
Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology 39 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.
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Dr. Aasim Sehbaianswered
Medical Oncology 26 years experience
Hospital stay : Allo transplant 3-4 weeks; auto transplant 1 week on an average.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Nogaanswered
Medical Oncology 36 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
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6.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. Noah Federmananswered
21 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
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4.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stuart Flechneranswered
Urology 48 years experience
Speak with Team: You really need to speak directly with the team doing your bone marrow transplant for their advice and recommendations.
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6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Leander Poanswered
Infectious Disease 20 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
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Romeo Mandanasanswered
Hematology and Oncology 40 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
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5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Goldanswered
Internal Medicine 46 years experience
Yes: Bone marrow transplantation is often used as therapy for patients who are unresponsive to standard therapy.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Goldanswered
Internal Medicine 46 years experience
Yes: Bone marrow transplants have been used to treat refractory lymphoma with some degree of success.
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6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 29-year-old member asked:
A Verified Doctoranswered
31 years experience
Intense regimen...: Typically bone marrow transplants completely destroy (ablate) your marrow, usually using a combination of intense chemo and radiation. The new marrow ... Read More
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5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Rubensteinanswered
Hematology and Oncology 47 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
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