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If a stage four lung cancer patient is spread to the bones, would having a bone marrow transplant increase the likelihood of survival?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
No: Unfortunately, metastatic lung cancer is incurable. Neither chemotherapy, nor radiation, nor bone bone marrow transplants can ofter a cure. Chemotherapy may prolong survival in some patients and radiation is used to treat pain resulting from bone involvement. Bone marrow transplants are never used to treat this condition.
Answered 8/19/2013
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No: Bone marrow transplant would not treat the primary tumor and would be ineffective. A bone marrow transplant would introduce such high risks that it would most likely hasten the patient's demise.
Answered 12/9/2013
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