Can bone marrow transplantation cure leukemia

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We've all heard of leukemia. Leukemia can be induced by genetic, viral and other factors. When suffering from leukemia, there are usually bleeding, anemia, fever and other symptoms. Now let's talk about whether bone marrow transplantation can cure leukemia.

Can bone marrow transplantation cure leukemia

First, with the development of science and technology, it has brought many benefits to mankind, especially in the treatment of diseases. Leukemia is a serious threat to the safety of patients. Bone marrow transplantation is an effective method for the treatment of leukemia. However, the effect of bone marrow transplantation on different patients is different. At the same time, not all patients at any stage can be treated with bone marrow transplantation.

Second, many leukemia patients hope for bone marrow transplantation, and bone marrow transplantation is not a panacea. Although bone marrow transplantation is beneficial to the treatment of leukemia, in order to cure leukemia, it still depends on the patient's age, stage of onset and health. Therefore, the hope of bone marrow transplantation to cure leukemia is only more than half, not 100%.  

Third: Although about 60% of adult patients with acute leukemia can have a long survival period of more than 3 years after allogeneic or syngeneic bone marrow transplantation, some of them have a survival period of more than 5? 6 years. In the chronic phase of CML, about 80% of the patients can survive for more than 3 years, and some of them have survived for more than 5? 6 years. However, some patients still relapse in a short time after bone marrow transplantation or die due to serious exclusive reaction.

matters needing attention

Leukemia can be divided into acute leukemia, chronic leukemia and chronic myeloid leukemia. Different types of leukemia have different treatment plans. Patients should go to the hospital for appropriate treatment under the guidance of the doctor.