should a leukemia patient have a bone marrow transplant?is it a must to cure it or is there any other options?

Question

i'm not really sure of the type but the age of the patient is around 19 - 23

Answer 1

This question should be posed to a medical practitioner, preferably an oncologist.

While some medical conditions appear to be similar, there are actually several different kinds of leukemia. That and lymphoma are considered to be blood cancers.

Treatment is very individualized, depending upon type and stage of the disease.

An established and trusted resource, that I have found invaluable, is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
They are the largest voluntary health organization dedicated to blood cancer research, education, and patient services.

Answer 2

This depends on the general health of the patient, their age, the kind of leukemia they have.. among other things. There are a lot of factors to take into consideration. Usually a marrow transplant is a last resort though... and they aren't always successful, although there is a higher success rate in children. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

A bone marrow transplant is only when there is no other option available at the time. When the doctor doesn't know what he/she knows what to do next or if they ran out of ideas, the only logical thing for them is to do a bone marrow transplant, and the transplant isn't always sucessful, either.

Answer 4

Depends, if you are talking about a pediatric patient (age 0-18y/o) or an adult patient(age>18y/o), and what type of leukemia you are referring; ALL or AML; CML or CLL. Pediatric leukemia's are treated differently from adult leukemia's. Again, Acute leukemia's are different from Chronic Leukemia's. Since the age, or type of leukemia is not specified in the question, you can gather a great deal of information by logging to the National Cancer Institute of Health. They give you an excellent in depth description and treatment option of the disease.

Answer 5

There are a lot of variables and medical reasons why or why not to do this It's an individual decision made by the medical team.