How long does the bone marrow transplant process take
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Our neighbor's sister had leukemia since she was a child. Because she couldn't find the right bone marrow all the time, she had to rely on chemotherapy for maintenance. It was not easy to find the right bone marrow. She also had a matching operation and was about to have a transplant operation. Today, let me talk to you about how long the bone marrow transplantation process takes.
How long does the bone marrow transplant process take
First, it takes about 20 days from pretreatment to storage, and generally + 14 days for hemogram recovery and immediate storage. The premise of bone marrow transplantation is complete remission, that is to say, no matter how many courses of chemotherapy, until complete remission, bone marrow transplantation can be carried out. In the absence of complete remission of bone marrow transplantation, the general effect is not good.
Second: it depends on the patient's general condition. Generally, the operation of bone marrow transplantation is complicated, and it takes about 5 hours or even longer. It takes two weeks from blood drawing to matching. The recovery period of leukemia patients is generally defined as 5 years after complete cessation of treatment. If there is no recurrence after 5 years, clinical cure will be declared.
Third: bone marrow transplantation is mainly used in patients with leukemia. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the main treatment for solid malignant tumors. Patients with leukemia can choose bone marrow transplantation even if the chemotherapy effect is good, because if successful, the cure rate is higher than chemotherapy alone, and the success rate is less than half.
matters needing attention
The biggest disadvantage of bone marrow transplantation is that in the process of transplantation, it destroys the immunity of life and the function of self survival, makes it unable to play the role of rejection, and makes the transplantation successful. Although some transplants are successful, they relapse soon and have no help, which needs to be paid attention to.