A 44-year-old member asked:
I was wondering what are the odds of stems cells curing non-hodgkins lymphoma?
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Dr. Sewa Leghaanswered
Medical Oncology 52 years experience
Good odds: Stem cells are used following high dose chemotherapy. The cure is effectively achieved with high dose chemotherapy, the stem cells are used to repopulate the bone marrow so that normal blood formation can be revived. This process is commonly used for treatment of non hodgkins lymphomas as a rescue therapy and can salvage/cure about 50% of cases who have filed to get well with initial chemotherapy.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
What is the probability of stems cells curing non-hodgkins lymphoma?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Anesthesiology 39 years experience
Depends: Some patients have had great success with such treatment. Depends on the specific cell type.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Can stems cells curing non-hodgkins lymphoma?
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Dr. Martin Rubensteinanswered
Hematology and Oncology 47 years experience
Yes.: Stem cell transplantation, usually from the patient's own bone marrow (autologous stem cell transplantation) can dure certain types of lymphoma that was not cured by chemotherapy. Transplantation using another person's cells (allogeneic transplant) is more experimental, but also capable of curing patients where other treatments have failed.
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