How Long Does Recovery Take After a Bone Marrow Transplant?
Recovery after a bone marrow transplant usually takes six months to a year, and sometimes longer, depending on the type of transplant and how fast your immune system rebuilds. Your blood counts start recovering within a few weeks, but the immune system takes much...
Autologous vs Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Blog
The main difference is where the stem cells come from. In an autologous transplant, they’re your own, collected before high-dose treatment and given back afterwards. In an allogeneic transplant, they come from a healthy donor, and the donor’s immune cells arrive with...
What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant and Who Needs One?
It is a way of replacing a blood-making system that has stopped working properly. Your bone marrow, the soft tissue inside the bigger bones, is where blood cells are made. When disease damages it, or when treatment has to wipe it out, a transplant gives you healthy...
Is Anesthesia Safe for Cancer Surgery?
For most people, yes. Anesthesia is needed for almost every cancer operation, and serious problems from it are rare. The part still being studied is a different question: whether the type of anesthesia has any effect on how well you do over the following years. So...