• Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood in order to replicate inside of a patient and to produce additional normal blood cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • Non-myeloablative, so-called mini transplant (microtransplantation) procedures, have been developed requiring smaller doses of preparative chemotherapy and radiation therapy, allowing HSCT to be conducted in the elderly and other patients who would otherwise be considered too weak to withstand a conventional treatment regimen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Autologous HSCT requires the extraction (apheresis) of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from the patient and storage of the harvested cells in a freezer. (wikipedia.org)
  • These advantages have established autologous HSCT as one of the standard second-line treatments for such diseases as lymphoma. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) results in the alteration of several components of the immune system. (medscape.com)
  • Patients who undergo HSCT experience a sequential suppression of host defenses, resulting in varying infectious risk at different phases of the transplantation process. (medscape.com)
  • This was the first report of a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) conducted in Mexico, only 4 years after the pioneer work by E. Donnall Thomas in Cooperstown, New York, USA (Ruiz-Argüelles et al. (revistadehematologia.org.mx)
  • The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) on symptoms of CSF1R-related Leukoencephalopathy. (mayo.edu)
  • The patient received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) from human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matched related donor. (bvsalud.org)
  • Myeloablative allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a major procedure usually accompanied by multifactorial malnutrition, prompting the recommendation of systematic artificial nutritional support. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Recently published data suggest that enteral nutrition (EN), given as systematic artificial nutrition support, could decrease grade III-IV graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and infectious events, which are associated with early toxicity after allo-HSCT and then have an impact on early transplant-related mortality (D100 mortality). (biomedcentral.com)
  • We report on the NEPHA trial: an open-label, prospective, randomised, multi-centre study on two parallel groups, which has been designed to evaluate the effect of EN compared to PN on early toxicity after an allo-HSCT procedure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Two hundred forty patients treated with allo-HSCT for a haematological malignancy will be randomly assigned to two groups to receive either EN or PN. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a major procedure, and is usually conducted to consolidate remission of haematological malignancies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Allo-HSCT includes administration of a chemotherapy-based conditioning regimen (myelo-ablative or non-myelo-ablative), followed by infusion of alloreactive haematopoietic stem cells, with the aim of inducing an active immunological anti-tumoral effect. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is used in children as a definitive treatment for various oncological, immune deficiencies, hemoglobinopathy, and malignancies diseases that involve the hematological system, congenital metabolism disorders, among others. (bvsalud.org)
  • This is a quantitative, retrospective, observational, descriptive and analytical quantitative approach approaching the medical records of children and adolescents submitted to HSCT in a referral hospital service for this type of transplantation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul North (RN). (bvsalud.org)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation not responded to other therapeutic modalities, with (HSCT) is used in children as a definitive treatment an increase in survival after transplantation, for different oncological, immune deficiencies, contributing to its use (YEILIPEK, 2014). (bvsalud.org)
  • His research focus is on haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and translational research of normal and malignant stem cells. (edu.au)
  • He has successfully taken research discoveries to the bedside and has been instrumental in establishing many of the clinicial HSCT procedures and current clinical trials including HSCT for severe autoimmune diseases and HIV. (edu.au)
  • Recent clinical studies have shown that highly immunosuppressive yet non-myeloablative doses of fludarabine-based chemotherapy can result in alloengraftment. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • Therefore, the doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy used to treat lymphoma are limited due to the risk of damaging these stem cells. (lymphoma.ca)
  • Patients with lymphomas that are difficult to treat or resistant to standard therapy may benefit from chemotherapy or radiation therapy given in very high doses (myeloablative therapy). (lymphoma.ca)
  • Reduced intensity treatment, also called a mini transplant -- Lower doses of chemotherapy and radiation are given before a transplant. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Mini transplant or reduced-intensity therapy means chemotherapy and radiation in smaller doses while myeloablative or ablative therapy means high doses of radiation, chemotherapy, or combination. (yapitahealth.com)
  • People get lower doses of chemotherapy and radiation prior to a transplant. (iytmed.com)
  • The stem cells are then frozen and given back to you after receiving significant doses of chemotherapy and radiation as part of your myeloablative therapy. (bonemarrowtransplantations.com)
  • Dosage of chemotherapy can be difficult: If the dose is too low, it will be ineffective against the tumor, whereas, at excessive doses, the toxicity (side-effects) will be intolerable to the person receiving it. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Autologous transplants have the advantage of lower risk of infection during the immune-compromised portion of the treatment, since the recovery of immune function is rapid. (wikipedia.org)
  • Transplants from HLA-matched siblings are associated with a lower risk of GVHD and faster recovery of the recipient's immune system following transplantation. (medscape.com)
  • PBSCTs are now more commonly performed than bone marrow transplants, as the procedure is easier and the body is able to regenerate new stem cells faster. (lymphoma.ca)
  • Autologous blood and marrow transplants - using a patient's own cells - surpass allogeneic transplants - which use donor cells - as the most common type. (fredhutch.org)
  • By this time, blood and marrow transplants in people 60 and younger are common, and age gradually ceases to be a determining factor in successful transplantation over the next two decades. (fredhutch.org)
  • 55 percent of all autologous blood and marrow transplants are on patients 60 and older. (fredhutch.org)
  • Overall, Durban offers a range of specialized hospitals and experienced medical professionals for bone marrow transplants, making it a viable option for individuals seeking this procedure. (yapitahealth.com)
  • Finding accommodation in a hotel because patients for autologous transplants need to stay for 30 days locally and allogenic transplant patients need to stay for 100 days. (yapitahealth.com)
  • It may be autologous (the patient's own stem cells are used), allogeneic (the stem cells come from a donor) or syngeneic (from an identical twin). (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2014, according to the World Marrow Donor Association, stem-cell products provided for unrelated transplantation worldwide had increased to 20,604 (4,149 bone-marrow donations, 12,506 peripheral blood stem-cell donations, and 3,949 cord-blood units). (wikipedia.org)
  • The transplant procedure requires the harvesting of hematopoietic stem cells from a donor. (medscape.com)
  • In autologous transplantation, the donor and recipient is the same individual. (medscape.com)
  • When the donor is someone other than the recipient, the procedure is described as allogeneic transplantation. (medscape.com)
  • Donor immunization with myeloma Id in the setting of a non-myeloablative allogeneic SCT may represent a novel strategy for the treatment of multiple myeloma. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • To determine whether antigen-specific immunity, induced in the stem cell donor, can be passively transferred to the allogeneic SCT recipient in the setting of a non-myeloablative conditioning regimen. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • Bone marrow or stem cells that have been removed from a donor are carefully frozen and stored while the patient receives high-dose chemotherapy and sometimes whole-body radiation treatment. (lymphoma.ca)
  • This means that they receive stem cells (either their own stem cells that were stored prior to myeloablative therapy or stem cells from a donor) to replenish their bone marrow which had previously been destroyed by the high-dose therapy. (lymphoma.ca)
  • This means the donor will be asleep and pain-free during the procedure. (medlineplus.gov)
  • This is followed with non-myeloablative transplant using stem cells from a related or unrelated donor to try and generate an anti-lymphoma response from the new immune system. (stanford.edu)
  • Various factors including age, sex, performance status (PS), disease status, cytogenetic risk, donor type, graft source, sex mismatch between the donor and the recipient, and year of transplantation were all shown to impact OS 2 . (apbmt.org)
  • Donor stem cells are used in allogeneic stem cell transplantation. (bonemarrowtransplantations.com)
  • The procedure is called autologous non-myeloablative haematopoietic stem-cell transplantion. (scienceblog.com)
  • The mobilisation and apheresis procedures should be performed in collaboration with an oncology-haematology centre with acceptable experience in this field and where the monitoring of haematopoietic progenitor cells can be correctly performed. (medicines.org.uk)
  • Lymphoma is the most common haematopoietic malignancy in dogs, and is the most responsive to chemotherapy. (vin.com)
  • After undergoing an allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHCT), patients need intensive physiological and psychological rehabilitation. (mdpi.com)
  • Could enteral nutrition improve the outcome of patients with haematological malignancies undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation? (biomedcentral.com)
  • The American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and the French-speaking society of clinical nutrition and metabolism (SFNEP) recommend nutritional support during haematopoietic transplantation for patients who are malnourished or have decreased intake or decreased intestinal absorption over a prolonged period (grade B) [ 11 , 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The procedure was complicated by grade 2 acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) which resolved after implementation of immunosuppressive treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • Abstract Introduction: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a serious complication in allogeneic transplantation. (scielo.org)
  • We focus on destroying only the immune component of the bone marrow and then regenerate the immune component, which makes the procedure much safer and less toxic than traditional chemotherapy for cancer," Burt said. (scienceblog.com)
  • In 2006, 50,417 first HSCTs were recorded worldwide, according to a global survey of 1,327 centers in 71 countries conducted by the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation reported the millionth transplant to have been undertaken in December 2012. (wikipedia.org)
  • The patient is then treated with high-dose chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy with the intention of eradicating the patient's malignant cell population at the cost of partial or complete bone marrow ablation (destruction of patient's bone marrow's ability to grow new blood cells). (wikipedia.org)
  • Autologous transplantation is feasible when the patient's bone marrow is normal and there are no relevant genetic conditions. (medscape.com)
  • At times, very advanced and nonresponsive lymphomas may be treated using a bone marrow transplant (marrow is the soft tissue in the centre of large bones that produces white and red blood cells and platelets) or stem-cell transplantation (the cells that develop blood). (lymphoma.ca)
  • Autologous is when the patient's own stem cells are removed from his or her bone marrow or bloodstream. (lymphoma.ca)
  • Marrow or cell transplantation is done to replace healthy cells that have been destroyed by cancer treatment. (lymphoma.ca)
  • Harvesting is the procedure by which the bone marrow or stem cells are obtained in preparation for the transplant. (lymphoma.ca)
  • Stem cells or bone marrow harvested from the patient (autologous transplant) are generally preserved and stored in a freezer until ready for use. (lymphoma.ca)
  • High-dose chemotherapy, with or without myeloablative radiation therapy, is then administered to the patient to destroy the cancerous cells, as well as the healthy cells in the bone marrow. (lymphoma.ca)
  • Clinical blood and marrow transplantation comes into wide use during this decade. (fredhutch.org)
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center where Dr. Thomas and his team continue to refine their work on blood and marrow transplantation, opens its doors. (fredhutch.org)
  • Dr. E. Donnall Thomas wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on blood and marrow transplantation. (fredhutch.org)
  • The procedure involves minimal pre-transplant radiation and extends the lifesaving benefits of blood and marrow transplantation to older or more-infirm patients who are not eligible for a traditional transplant. (fredhutch.org)
  • Dr. George Mathé explored the transplantation of bone marrow cells from healthy donors to treat patients accidentally irradiated at high dose, expanding the possibilities of this life-saving technique (Mathé et al. (revistadehematologia.org.mx)
  • In April 1960, Dr. Álvaro Gómez-Leal, presented during the first meeting of the Agrupación Mexicana para el Estudio de la Hematología, A.C., data on a transplant of allogeneic stem cells in a patient with acute leukemia done in Monterrey, Mexico: the patient received high-dose chemotherapy followed by stem cells from the bone marrow of his brother, improving and obtaining remission for months but relapsing and subsequently died. (revistadehematologia.org.mx)
  • We report a patient with PNP deficiency, who received HLA-identical sibling marrow without chemotherapy because of disseminated cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. (frontiersin.org)
  • A bone marrow transplant is a procedure to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Autologous bone marrow transplant -- The term auto means self. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A bone marrow transplant replaces bone marrow that is either not working properly or has been destroyed (ablated) by chemotherapy or radiation. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Bone marrow transplantation is a complex yet life-saving procedure that can benefit individuals with a wide range of diseases, including blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, aplastic anemia, immune deficiencies, and genetic disorders. (yapitahealth.com)
  • The procedure involves replacing the damaged or diseased bone marrow with healthy blood-forming stem cells. (yapitahealth.com)
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects that psychological and health behavior factors have on quality of life, level if sickness, and death after blood and bone marrow transplantation. (mayo.edu)
  • The kind of bone marrow transplant you got (autologous, allogeneic, or umbilical cable blood). (iytmed.com)
  • The treatment for Sickle Cell Disease and other blood problems is bone marrow transplantation, carried out at BMT cost in Greater Accra Regional Hospital. (bonemarrowtransplantations.com)
  • Oncologists and other doctors with expertise in bone marrow transplantation do the surgery. (bonemarrowtransplantations.com)
  • Blood and Marrow Transplant Research [CIBMTR] in 2004), the European Research Project on Cord Blood Transplantation (Eurocord) in 1993, and the Japanese Cord Blood Banking Network in 1996-expedited the clinical evaluation of the efficacy and safety of transplantation of cord blood from unrelated donors. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Currently more than 60% of ALOHT reported to the Center for International Bone Marrow Transplantation Research (CIBMTR) are performed in patients older than 40 years. (scielo.org)
  • Many of the side effects of chemotherapy can be traced to damage to normal cells that divide rapidly and are thus sensitive to anti-mitotic drugs: cells in the bone marrow, digestive tract and hair follicles. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Professor Ma holds leadership or scientific membership positions in a number of national and international scientific communities including the World Network for Blood & Marrow Transplantation (a WHO affiliated NGO), the AsiaPacific BM Transplant and the Royal College of Pathology of Australasian Quality Assurance Programme. (edu.au)
  • Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) results in a high percentage of complete remissions, but it can be associated with significant treatment-related mortality, which has been primarily attributed to conventional myeloablative transplant regimens. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • All chemotherapy regimens require that the recipient be capable of undergoing the treatment. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Current chemotherapy regimens apply drug treatment in cycles, with the frequency and duration of treatments limited by toxicity. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • The safety and efficacy of Neupogen are similar in adults and children receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy. (medicines.org.uk)
  • The first dose of Neupogen should be administered at least 24 hours after cytotoxic chemotherapy. (medicines.org.uk)
  • Following induction and consolidation treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia the duration of treatment may be substantially longer (up to 38 days) depending on the type, dose and schedule of cytotoxic chemotherapy used. (medicines.org.uk)
  • In patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy, a transient increase in neutrophil counts is typically seen 1 to 2 days after initiation of Neupogen therapy. (medicines.org.uk)
  • The safety and efficacy of administration of Neupogen® on the same day as myelosuppressive cytotoxic chemotherapy have not been established. (ru-pills.com)
  • Because of the sensitivity of rapidly dividing myeloid cells to myelosuppressive cytotoxic chemotherapy, administration of Neupogen® 24 hours before or after administration of these drugs is not recommended. (ru-pills.com)
  • Cell mobilization and apheresis procedures should be performed at an oncology or hematology center experienced in this field and the ability to adequately monitor hematopoietic progenitor cells. (ru-pills.com)
  • Dr. Rainer Storb develops the non-myeloablative transplant, sometimes called a 'mini-transplant. (fredhutch.org)
  • Background: The mainstay of therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients remains systemic chemotherapy. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • Stem cells, because they divide rapidly, can be killed off by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. (lymphoma.ca)
  • Although most clinicians would agree that hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation after reinduction therapy is frontline therapy for these patients, there is no consensus as to what type of hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation promises the best event-free and overall survival. (jnccn.org)
  • 1 - 3 However, those with relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) disease have had a historically dismal OS of ≤30% despite reinduction therapy and autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (autoHCT) ( Figure 1 ). (jnccn.org)
  • HCT, whether it be autologous, allogeneic, or tandem, has been and continues to be an integral part of therapy, with varying outcomes as delineated in Table 2 . (jnccn.org)
  • The only curative therapy is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. (frontiersin.org)
  • The mainstay of conventional therapy is multiagent chemotherapy tailored to the histologic subtype and the clinical stage of disease. (medscape.com)
  • An experienced multidisciplinary team in close consultation with the primary transplantation centre should perform the rehabilitation therapy. (mdpi.com)
  • Importantly, the use of drugs (whether chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or targeted therapy) constitutes systemic therapy for cancer in that they are introduced into the blood stream and are therefore in principle able to address cancer at any anatomic location in the body. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • In these cases, the recipient's immune system is usually destroyed with radiation or chemotherapy before the transplantation. (wikipedia.org)
  • To determine the treatment-related morbidity and mortality of allogeneic stem cell transplantation using a non-myeloablative conditioning regimen in multiple myeloma. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • 1980). As with many countries embarking on this procedure, there were challenges related to transplant-related morbidity and mortality. (revistadehematologia.org.mx)
  • The impacts of nutritional support should exceed the limits of nutritional status improvement: EN may directly reduce immunological and infectious events, as well as decrease early transplant-related morbidity and mortality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The occurrence of secondary neoplasms in adult patients treated with chemotherapy in childhood is not uncommon. (bvsalud.org)
  • The median survival of patients treated with intensive chemotherapy aged less than 60 years and 60 years and above was 3.4 and 1 year, respectively. (scielo.org)
  • As survival following the procedure has increased, its use has expanded beyond cancer to autoimmune diseases and hereditary skeletal dysplasias, notably malignant infantile osteopetrosis and mucopolysaccharidosis. (wikipedia.org)
  • This trial uses a combination of high dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant using the patient's own cells. (stanford.edu)
  • To determine the efficacy of a novel conventional chemotherapy regimen (Fludarabine-EPOCH) in the setting multiple myeloma. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HCT-ASCT) after high-dose methotrexate (MTX)-based immuno-chemotherapy has become an increasingly used treatment approach in eligible elderly PCNSL patients with promising feasibility and efficacy, but has not been compared with conventional chemotherapy approaches. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Myeloablation is accomplished by high-dose chemotherapy with or without irradiation. (medscape.com)
  • Ablative (myeloablative) treatment -- High-dose chemotherapy, radiation, or both are given to kill any cancer cells. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Stem cells are removed from you before you receive high-dose chemotherapy or radiation treatment. (medlineplus.gov)
  • After high-dose chemotherapy or radiation treatments, your stems cells are put back in your body to make normal blood cells. (medlineplus.gov)
  • in combination with high-dose chemotherapy. (ru-pills.com)
  • Yeah it's pretty intense and difficult, it's high dose chemotherapy so comes with the runs and the vomiting / nausea, hair loss, etc but you push through. (mssociety.org.uk)
  • Performance status is often used as a measure to determine whether a person can receive chemotherapy, or whether dose reduction is required. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Overall, COP chemotherapy causes complete remission in about 70% of dogs with lymphoma for a median of 130 days. (vin.com)
  • In the procedure, Burt and colleagues treated patients with chemotherapy to destroy their immune system. (scienceblog.com)
  • They then injected the patients with their own immune stem cells, obtained from the patients' blood before the chemotherapy, to create a new immune system. (scienceblog.com)
  • After the transplantation, the patient's new lymphocytes or immune cells are self-tolerant and do not attack the immune system. (scienceblog.com)
  • Myeloablative conditioning is recommended to prevent rejection caused by residual immune function. (frontiersin.org)
  • Kings College and Hammersmith Hospitals both now run the haematology procedure for auto immune disease. (mssociety.org.uk)
  • Because of the effect on immune cells (especially lymphocytes), chemotherapy drugs often find use in a host of diseases that result from harmful overactivity of the immune system against self (so-called autoimmunity). (worldsbest.rehab)
  • The rehabilitation centres should be qualified and experienced because this patient group exhibits problems that differ from those of patients who have undergone oncological therapies or autologous HCT. (mdpi.com)
  • A randomized controlled trial, incorporating a GA and comparing age-adapted HCT-ASCT treatment with conventional chemotherapy is needed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The primary objective is to demonstrate that intensified chemotherapy followed by consolidating HCT-ASCT is superior to conventional chemotherapy with rituximab, MTX, procarbazine (R-MP) followed by maintenance with procarbazine in terms of progression free survival (PFS). (biomedcentral.com)
  • GVHD has been reported after syngeneic and autologous transplantation but is rare. (medscape.com)
  • The main causes of death included infectious complications (n = 9), relapse with subsequent chemotherapy resistance (n = 7), steroid-resistant GvHD (n = 4) and other causes (n = 2). (bvsalud.org)
  • Causes of mortality in those patients were severe viral pneumonia, post-transplantation hemophagocytic syndrome and meningeal GVHD refractory to ruxolitinib. (scielo.org)
  • Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs) or it may aim to prolong life or to reduce symptoms (palliative chemotherapy). (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent or it may aim to prolong life or to palliate symptoms. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • [10] In those with significant symptoms, chemotherapy , immunotherapy , or chemoimmunotherapy may be used. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because of the toxicity of chemotherapy or radiation, which is required to prepare patients for transplant, BMT is only available to otherwise healthy people in their 30s or younger. (fredhutch.org)
  • They will also undergo a procedure called fluorescein angiography to look at the blood vessels of the eye. (drugpatentwatch.com)
  • Central Line/Catheter Placement: This is an outpatient procedure that facilitates the infusion of cells, blood products, and IV medicines. (yapitahealth.com)
  • The use of umbilical cord blood (UCB) has been steadily increasing, and UCB transplantation (UCBT) currently accounts for one-third of all allogeneic HCTs. (apbmt.org)
  • In the last decade, the number of transplantations of HPCs derived from cord blood has increased, particularly for children. (nationalacademies.org)
  • This results in the most common side-effects of chemotherapy: myelosuppression (decreased production of blood cells, hence also immunosuppression), mucositis (inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract), and alopecia (hair loss). (worldsbest.rehab)
  • The tumor was successfully treated with chemotherapy, but 3 years later she was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. (bvsalud.org)
  • We studied 5 consecutive cases of GCT involving the distal radius operated by en-bloc resection of tumor followed by reconstruction with ipsilateral non-vascularized fibular graft with a minimum 1 year follow-up. (jbstjournal.com)
  • Conditioning Process: Chemotherapy, radiotherapy or both are carried out before BMT to eliminate cancer or diseased cells. (yapitahealth.com)
  • Chemotherapy is one of the major categories of the medical discipline specifically devoted to pharmacotherapy for cancer, which is called medical oncology . (worldsbest.rehab)
  • how has your disease, your symptoms improved since the procedure? (mssociety.org.uk)
  • Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx ) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • The efficiency of chemotherapy depends on the type of cancer and the stage. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Following established chemotherapy for solid tumours, lymphomas, and lymphoid leukaemia, it is expected that the duration of treatment required to fulfil these criteria will be up to 14 days. (medicines.org.uk)
  • Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an integral part of the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). (apbmt.org)
  • Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an effective treatment in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). (apbmt.org)
  • Condition: Patients with a degenerative spine disorder Intervention/procedure investigated: No specific treatment required. (umn.edu)
  • EN and PN need to be prospectively compared in order to assess their impacts and to provide treatment guidelines. (biomedcentral.com)