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Has anyone had a successful stem cell transplant for reason of cancer?

This is the next radical step for my husband as the cancer seems stubborn. He's getting infections though that are slowing the process down.

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1. Yes, it has had some success. We have a colleague at the university where I work who has been undergoing stem cell transplants with good results. He still had to have chemo, but he is hanging tough and its been close to 3 years now. Good wishes for you, and your loved ones. Jesus is Lord!
2. YES ! I know lots of people that have had auto SCT's and are doing fine 5, 6 and even 10 years later. Know a couple that have had ALLO's - some have had GVHD problems but are hang in in there. It comes down to the cancer - SCT is used a LOT for Myeloma cancer (not sure if that is what he has) more info: www.multiplemyeloma.org www.myeloma.org Jewells 36 months and still here
3. It depend on what type of cancer that your husband has whether a stem cell transplant also calle stem cell rescue would help. The bottom line is that a stem cell rescue enables the patient to have really high dose chemotherapy. The idea is to kill off all microscopic cancer cells left in the body. Unfortunately this also kills off the patients immune system, so this is a really serious step to take. Children and young adults seem to do better than older adults. After the high dose chemotherapy the patient is given back his own harvested stem cells (earlier the patient aphresises his stem cells from his blood, its frozen, and returned to the body at a later time). Stem cells look just like blood and are transfused back to the body in the same way as blood. The patient must remain in isolation for 4-6 weeks while the stem cells regrow a new immune system. There are great risks in the procedure . . but well worth it if it works for the patient. Good luck. And, yes, I know many people who have had a successful rescue.