Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant

1. How does Autologous BMT work?

In an autologous transplant, your own blood-forming stem cells are collected. You are then treated with high doses of chemotherapy. The high-dose treatment kills the cancer cells, but it also gets rid of the blood-producing cells that are left in your bone marrow.

2. How long will i live after a stem cell transplant?

Autologous stem cell transplant offers very high chances of sending disease into remission for a long time and it varier person to person.

3. What percentage of stem cell transplants are successful?

90% success rate.

4. Do you loose your hair with this therapy?

YES, but this is temporary.

5. IS BMT a surgery?

No, Bone Marrow Transplant is a medical procedure. It is as good as undergoing a blood transfusion.

6. How long does it take stem cell to work?

It takes about 24 hours for your stem cells to reach the bone marrow. Then they start to grow, multiply, and help the marrow make healthy blood cells again.

7. What is an autologous bone marrow transplant?

Autologus bone marrow transplant is a transplant procedure which uses healthy blood stem cells from your own body to replace the diseased and damaged bone.

8. How does autologous transplant is done?

In autologous transplant the blood forming stem cells are being separated and collected and then they are treated with high doses of chemotherapy which kills the cancer cells but it will also help you to get rid of blood producing cells which are left in your bone marrow.

9. What patients need bone marrow transplant?

Autologus bone marrow transplant are needed in those patients who have leukemias, severe aplastic anemia, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, immune deficiency disorder and some solid tumor cancers.

10. What does autologous bone marrow transplant treat?

Autologus bone marrow transplant is being used to treat blood cancer such as Hodgkin and non Hodgkin lymphoma. This treatment restores the body’s ability to make normal blood cells after a high dose of chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

11. What is the success rate of autologous bone marrow transplant?

The success rate of autologous bone marrow transplant is around 50 to 60 percent followed by a high dose of chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant.

12. What is the difference between autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplant?

Autologus bone marrow transplant comes from the same person who will get transplant so the patient is the donor while allogenic bone marrow transplant means other, the stem cells in the allogenic transplant are from a person other than patient.

1. How long does a bone marrow transplant surgery take?

For this, your doctor uses a needle to get bone marrow from different parts of your hipbone. It takes 1 to 2 hours and you’ll take medicine to help you sleep through it.

2. How much time is needed for autologous bone marrow transplant?

Autologus bone marrow transplant is not a surgical procedure and it will take around one to four hour.

3. Who performs autologous bone marrow transplant?

Autologus bone marrow transplant is being done by an oncologist or a haematologist.

4. How is autologous transplant done?

In autologous transplant the blood forming stem cells are collected and they are treated with high doses of chemotherapy. These high doses will treat the cancer cells but it also help you to get rid of the blood producing cells which are left in bone marrow.

1. Can i live a normal life after BMT?

Absolutely, you will go back to normal life after 4-6 weeks of the procedure.

2. How long does fatigue last after stem cell transplant?

For some people fatigue is a short term effect of treatment that gets better over a few months or it might come and go for about six months to a year.

3. How long does it take to recover from an autologous stem cell transplant?

The recovery time of autologous bone marrow transplant will take around two to three weeks while cord blood engraftment will take around three to five weeks.

4. How much time is needed to recover after bone marrow transplant?

Bone marrow transplant will take around three months to recover it will also take more or less time. The time taken after transplant will depend on your time of your recovery and growth.

5. What are the side effects of autologous stem cell transplant?

The side effect of autologous stem cell transplant are mouth and throat pain, nausea, vomiting, infection, bleeding, graft failure and graft versus host disease.

6. How painful is a bone marrow transplant?

Bone marrow transplant is done after you complete the conditioning process on the day of transplant the stem cells are being infused in your body through a central line.

7. How do you know if a bone marrow transplant is successful?

You have to go through regular blood tests to asses that the transplanted healthy cells have survived or they have started to multiply in the bone marrow. It will take around two to four weeks or sometimes even more to have an idea whether the transplant procedure is successful or not.