Life After Stem Cell Transplant Multiple Myeloma
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Life after stem cell transplant multiple myeloma. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in august 2010 she had a stem cell transplant in march 2011 and as of september 2013 was on post transplant maintenance bio therapy at dana farber brigham and women s cancer center. For an autologous stem cell transplant the. Long term outcomes after autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma life expectancy after stem cell transplant a 65 year old male asked.
Charlie rider had a stem cell transplant at dana farber as young boy. With 10 0 to 18 6 of patients achieving their normal life expectancy across multiple periods. Multiple myeloma isn t considered curable but symptoms wax and wane. We performed a systematic.
Before the transplant drug treatment is used to reduce the number of myeloma cells in the patient s body. See drug therapy for multiple myeloma stem cell transplants sct can be autologous or allogeneic. My cousin is 64yrs old and has end stage multiple myeloma he had a autologous stem cell transplant 7 months ago he was put on a light maintenance chemo pill and now he is taking out patient chemo again. There can be a long period of dormancy that could last.
Autologous stem cell transplantation asct is an integral part of the frontline therapy in eligible multiple myeloma mm patients. The impact of asct on health related quality of life hrqol in myeloma has not been well described.