Is bone marrow transplantation suitable for the elderly

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Bone marrow transplantation is a major operation, a neighbor has leukemia, and the age is older, so, is the elderly suitable for bone marrow transplantation? Let's talk about it.

Is bone marrow transplantation suitable for the elderly

First of all, bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a life-saving treatment for various blood tumors, aplastic anemia, severe Mediterranean anemia and some congenital immunodeficiency or metabolic diseases.

Secondly, in recent years, the number of patients receiving bone marrow transplantation has increased year by year, which shows that bone marrow transplantation has become the current trend of treatment; and the long-term survival rate of patients brought by bone marrow transplantation has also increased greatly. For various blood diseases such as aplastic anemia and chronic myeloid leukemia, if there are appropriate donors, bone marrow transplantation has a long-term survival rate of 80-90% The survival rate and the cure rate of adult acute leukemia can reach about 50%. These achievements are far beyond the reach of traditional chemotherapy. This is the most important reason why we need to develop bone marrow transplantation.

Finally, bone marrow transplantation for elderly patients is not suitable, photochemical therapy is not easy, there will be various problems in the future. Generally, traditional Chinese medicine and conservative treatment are used to minimize the pain. For the elderly who have conditions or are not too old, they can choose according to their own situation.

matters needing attention

Bone marrow transplantation is a kind of operation for the treatment of leukemia, which should be carried out according to its own conditions, especially after the operation, we should pay attention to the conditioning methods of life and diet.