Can the bone marrow transplant be done before the leukemia comes back? This is in the case of a 24 year-old male.
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Yes, stem cell transplant can and usually should be done before relapse.  Your doctor may tell you differently, but it will not hurt to get an opinion from an M.D. who does bone marrow transplants.  then, you can make an informed decision.
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There are basically two types of Stem Cell transplants.  One is Autologous...which means the cells are your own that were harvested at an earlier time.  The other is an Allogenic.....which means you received your cells from another person (preferrable a sibling) or a stranger based on HLA matching.  Graft vs Host is fairly common in the second type of transplant (which I'd bet your family member had). Think of it this way... "graft" refers to the cells from transplant, and "host" refers to you family member's body.  The graft cells are foreign to the body, and if the host's immune system recognizes it as foreign if will try to attack and reject it.  It can affect  any part of the body and the prognosis is often determined by where it attacks, and the severity. The most common areas affected are the skin, and stomach. It can be very uncomfortable and hard to treat/get under control. A mild case of GVH is also conseidered a good thing because it can shows the host's immune system is beginning to work. Bone marrow transplants are usually a very rough road, and they often come with many bumps along the way. I hope your family member feels better and enjoys a long life.
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he has a good chance of full recovery. he has Hodgkins Disease which is fairly treatable
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Your son has lymphoblasts in his blood, they should only be in his bone marrow.  When there is leukaemia, there is an overload of the immature white cells, when they run out of room in the bone marrow, they spill into the blood stream. The cancer cause the white cell to never mature, so it never does its job of fighting infections. Although the blood test may show high levels of white cells, these are cancerous cells.\n\nBone marrow biopsy is done to confirm
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possibly leukemia?  I know it can cause extreme weakness and bruising/pain.  It doesn't sound normal and you should get there ASAP.  Stuff like leukemia has high remission rates.
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there was a girl in canada that had to come to america because social medicine couldnt help her I will try to find it.\n\na six-year-old Montreal girl with a rare form of leukemia who can be cured only in a Wisconsin hospital at a cost of $350,000 -- a real case? Paradoxically for a socialized health system, the family had to appeal to public charity, a more and more common occurrence. In the first two months, the family received more than $100,000, including a single anonymous donation of $40,000. \nSource(s):\nReport of the Enquiry Commission on Health and Social Services, Government of Quebec
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We asked this question of our son's hemoncologist (a blood and cancer doctor).  Had Joey survived, he would've eventually needed a bone marrow transplant, which is why we asked about it.  The hemonc told us that it was a waste of money.  If you think about it, those cord blood cells have the same genes as the rest of your childs cells, so if something goes wrong in your child, it will go wrong in those cells as well.  As a hemonc, he would never use a child's own cord blood for treatment.  He would always want to use it from a healthy donor.  If you save it, it might be effective some day for use in some other person, but if you're saving it for your own child, you might as well save your money.
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as long as he can get on a plane and sit that long.... but when he comes to CA he won't be covered under medicaid or anything for like 6 months, so make sure that's squared away before you do anything. A shattered vertebra, if it was treated with a vertebroplasty...which i think they usually do, it's just like super glue pumped in to hold the bone together...those work really well and are set within a few hours.... the hospital stay might be a day or two until the patient can handle walking around and all their stuff is stable....good luck
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I feel for you. I've been there, done that, only it was my 17 year old. Everytime the social worker came into the room with the pediatric oncologist we knew the news wasn't good. Awful nightmare. Just awful. Hang in there and be strong.\n\nAnyway, I'm not sure how lymphoma presents initially, but I can tell you that when my son first entered the hospital we heard that he might have Lymphoma too. That idea quickly changed after the biopsy. But we clung to that for about three days until we got the results from the biopsy. He had multiple abdominal masses and widespred cancer . . stage IV. We were told that Lymphoma was easier to treat than a sarcoma. They sent the biopsy results away for a second opinion, which confirmed he had an extremely rare and aggressive sarcoma that predominately strikes boys and young adults. So, we knew he was in for the fight for his life at that point on.\n\nI'm afraid that your brother in law does have a stage IV cancer from your description. Stage IV allows the doctors to know exactly which treatment to use for your brother in law. It is not a death sentence, but it is more difficult to treat with more hazards to encounter.\n\nMy son had originally gone to the doctor because his pediatrician thought he had hypothyroidism. The week before  he had been a healthy kid playing high school basketball. His belly had been expanding and we thought it was the thyroid condition. We were shocked and horrified to discover he had cancer. Right up until that diagnosis he had been asymptomatic. \n\nDo not worry at this point about survival rates. There are way too many factors to affect survival at this moment. No one can really predict this, not even his doctors. And,if they start handing out statistics, than it is probably time to get a second or third opinion. Have them look for an oncologist that they totally trust, that they get along with, and who will go the extra milege that they may need to get through this. Do not give up. Your brother in law and sister will find their strength and you can be there to help them.\n\nGood luck, I get it.
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You cry, you be angry.  You remember the fun times.  My son lost  of his best friends to leukemia when he was 11. \n\nI think he was 14 or 15 before he could get through the anniverary of his death without crying.\n\nHe rode in bike-a-thons to raise money to cure leukemia and still talks about and misses him.\n\nCry...let it out.  And if people tell you to get over it. Ignore them, they  are ignorant and do not deserve your attention.
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yes, just last month.\ni'm also a bone marrow donor.
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I have a dear friend who did and she is fully recovered now. God be with you. I am sure you will be fine. Trust your doctors and the Lord.
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Unfortunately there is no one who can say for sure whether or not your friend will survive this cancer.\nthere are alot of places that you could research to find out the statics and survival rates for people with this kind of cancer. American Cancer Society, John Hopkins Research Hospital are a couple.  the better half of her having cancer is that at her age AML is the better of leukemia's to have. The very best thing that you can do for her is just be there, be there to listen whenn she needs you too, be there when she needs a helping hand, and always keep an open mind.  being patient is always good too, you have to remember whe things happen that are not expected that doctors, nurses and anyone else involved in her care are just human and do the very best they can, but sometimes the body does things that are not expected even to them.\ni wish you and your friend the very best of luck.\ni hope that all will work out for her.
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I am not for sure.  I know a person with M.S. can't....tell him to call a blood bank and ask them; they'd know.
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Leukemia = (leuko-white, emia-blood condition), this is a malignant neoplasm of the blood forming organs which is bone marrow, lymph nodes and the spleen meaning that this is a fatal condition and restsistant to treatment. Leukemia is an excessive production of white cells immature and function abnormally, it causes a decrease in erythrocytes (red blood cells) and platelets which is responsible for clotting.\n\nInfections are common because the white cells are not functioning properly. The cause of Leukemia is (idopathic) meaning that it is unknown. Leukemia is also classified as  myelogenous, meaning it affects the bone marrow and lymphocytic (lymph nodes) which is the reason they want her to see and angiologist (angio=vessel (blood, logist= one who studies) they can also perform a bone biopsy for a more positive diagnosis of this.\n\nHope this helps\n\njageejagcpc
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It means stem cells in the bone marrow are taken from a person and then introduced into the patient to help produce blood.\n\nBone marrow is the tissue found in bones. Stem cells from the bone marrow are removed from a large bone usually the pelvis. This process is very tedious. Nowadays, the common source of stem cells is collected from the blood.\n\nI hope my explanation is simple enough for you to understand.\n\n♥
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Yes, the donor marrow continues to produce cells with the donor's DNA, while the rest of the cells in the recipient contain the recipient's DNA. This happens for the rest of the recipient's life. The bone marrow contains stem cells that differentiate into blood cells and immune cells. Therefore the recipient will have cells that contain the DNA genome from either the donor or the recipient. However, only certain types of cells will have the donor DNA (blood and immune cells) and each cell will have only 1 type of DNA. The children of a bone marrow recipient will only get the recipient's DNA.