Question 1

can a patient with lymphoma recover by having a bone marrow transplant?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes: A transplant is typically is used for lymphoma that has relapsed. It can be effective as long as the lymphoma is responsive to chemotherapy. The percentage of cure is dependent on type of lymphoma.

Question 2

what is a bone marrow transplant?

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See below: A bone marrow transplant is the replacement of blood forming elements. The transplant is actually done with peripheral blood stem cells, and infused like a blood transfusion. The need for a transplant is because the treatment for certain diseases requires high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy that will destroy one's marrow completely. This then requires replacement with another's marrow.

Question 3

does a bone marrow transplant hurt?

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NO: Painless. It looks just like a blood transfusion. You get it through your veins.

Question 4

is a bone marrow transplant painful?

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No: A bone marrow or peripheral blood (pb) stem cell transplant (sct) is not painful.  There are various "induction" treatments that depend on the type of cancer or disease to "condition" or get rid of the cancer (&  normal) cells. A sct then "rescues" the bone marrow by returning self (autologous sct) cells or cells from another (allogeneic sct). The sct itself is similar to a blood infusion.

Question 5

how is a bone marrow transplant done?

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Let me explain: 1-we have to have a donor who donate that, we do collect the bone marrow from him we call this step (harvesting)
2-we have to transplant this marrow to the  recipient (patient receiving the bone marrow).
3-both involve special collecting  method and method of delivery , done under anesthesia use some big needles to harvest. Some time require small surgery under anesthesia.

Question 6

what is bone marrow transplant used for?

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Certain cancers: Blood stem cell or bone marrow transplantation is used to treat certain hematologic malignancies (blood cancers) such as leukemia.   They can also be used for bone marrow failure, certain hemoblglobin disorders such as sickle cell anemia,  and some genetic disorders.

Question 7

how painful is a bone marrow transplant?

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Variable: The actual transplant which is the reinfusion of the bone marrow or stem cells is not painful.  However there can be side effects to the radiation and/or chemotherapy used to treat the patient before the stem cell infusion.  Depending on how the transplant is done those treatments can cause some unpleasant side effects including nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and mouth sores among other things.

Question 8

can you die from a bone marrow transplant?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but unlikely: The bone marrow transplant procedure requires that your own diseased bone marrow be totally wiped out. Then when implanted bone marrow cells enter the body they will find a clean space to take up residence. Between removing old marrow and getting tranplant to grow a patient is at risk for severe, possibly fatal infections. This happens rarely.

Question 9

what is involved in a bone marrow transplant?

Accepted Answer

Transplant: Now a days it is actually called stem cell transplant. It involves stem cell collection, followed by high dose chemotherapy to wipe bone marrow and then infusion of collected stem cells and then recovery of bone marrow.

Question 10

could i have a second bone marrow transplant?

Accepted Answer

Maybe: This depends on the disease that required transplant, the prior chemo regents, current health issues, evaluation for being able to tolerate another transplant.

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