How bones make blood - Melody Smith
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Bones might seem rock-solid, but they’re actually quite porous inside. Most of the large bones of your skeleton have a hollow core filled with soft bone marrow. Marrow's most essential elements are blood stem cells and for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often a bone marrow transplant. How does this procedure work? Melody Smith explains.
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Is a bone marrow transplant necessary for any patient with a blood cancer whose disease relapses after initial chemotherapy?
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ben blades
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in response to Jayden Pedro Show comment
I agree with Jayden it is a very risky choice to have a marrow transplant and have to have nearly identical DNA.
Harry Haynes
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MAYBE!!!!
Jayden Pedro
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I think a bone marrow transplant isn't necessary because there are definitely other ways to work around this. This could be a stem cell transplant and certain people would benefit from this
Ethan Koffie
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A bone marrow transplant isnt always necesary because there are other ways
Natalie Mora
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A bone marrow transplant is not always necessary because chemotherapy can work but if chemotherapy does not work then a bone marrow transplant would be necessary.
Veronica Hall
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A stem cell transplant is given after the chemo to restore the blood-forming stem cells in the bone marrow.
Oksana-Esther Sokotovych
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I think it's not necessary for any patient with blood cancer whose disease relapses after initial chemotherapy because you could still use chemotherapy instead, but this choice would be better.
Harry Connerty
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I think a bone marrow transplant is not necessary for any patient with a blood cancer whose disease relapses after initial chemotherapy because it is better sometimes than chemotherapy.
Damarcus Smith
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It's not necessary for all patients but after chemo some people might
Max Stewart
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I think it depends on patients Severity. Patients who has minor cancer can take chemotherapy again. But, patients in real danger of severe cancer needs bone marrow transplant.
There's no harm in taking bone marrow transplant. It is very affective and effective option for cancer patients. If cancer relapsed, bone marrow transplant would surely benefit the patient very well.
