I have to research 'acute lymphocytic leukemia'. Does anyone know anything about it? ?
I'm researching acute lymphocytic leukemia and I need to know about treatment in severe cases when a bone marrow transplant is needed. When would the decision to carry out a transplant be made? What sought of bone marrow transplant waould take place. Also how long would treatment take before a bone marrow transplant would be administered? How long is treatment after having the bone marrow transplant?
Im getting really confused and I need as much help and information as possible.
- ms. s
go to this website, it has information on causes, symptoms marrow transplants, planning and understanding treatments. It is very useful.
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_lymphoblastic_leukemia
- midnightmoon62
http://www.marrow.org is the National Marrow Donors Program and I believe someone already posted the link to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
My leukemia is a different type, but the transplant itself tends to be the same for most people. The type of transplant used will depend on factors such as relapse rates, is the person is able to harvest their own peripheral blood stem cells and if they have a matching donor in the registry, if they are young enough that they have their own cord blood stored, or currently, if they are older, if they qualify for any of the dual cord blood transplant trials. The specific type of transplant used can change a couple things, but the transplant is more or less the same regardless.
The transplant is a very long treatment. Most patients are inpatient for about 6 weeks, and in daily out patient care for another 6 weeks and the average time period for full recovery is around one year.
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