Lymphoma Treatment in Uganda (1)

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The Role of Transplant in Myeloma Treatment

• The stem cell transplant helps the myeloma
  patients by getting high dose of chemotherapy
  which helps in killing the bone marrow cells. It
  helps the body to develop healthy blood forming
  stem cells. The stem cell was previously known as
  a bone marrow transplant as the cells were
  developed within the bone marrow transplant.
• The stem cell transplant is generally used to
  treat the problem of multiple myeloma. Before the
  transplant was available in the market, there
  were several drugs available to reduce the number
  of myeloma cells in the body.

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 Whats is multiple myeloma?

• It is a type of white blood cells and also the
  plasma cells when they multiples in number.
  Typically, they generate antibodies that helps in
  fighting against infections. While in multiple
  myeloma, they release more than required protein
  or immunoglobulin into blood and bones. These
  cells builds up overall in the human body which
  is the main cause of organ damage. The stem cell
  transplant in uganda is the most effective
  treatment for multiple myeloma. The plasma cells
  are covered with blood cells in bone. this
  release chemicals that boost other cells to get
  dissolved in the bone. This develops the bone
  weak which is known as lytic lesions. As a
  multiple myeloma condition of the patient gets
  worse, the plasma cells starts to spill out of
  the bone marrow and spread out in the whole body
  which is the chief cause of organ damage.

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Autologous transplants

• In a autologous transplant procedure, the
  patient's own stem cells are eliminated from
  their peripheral blood or bone marrow before the
  transplant. The cells are stored safely unless
  they are required for the transplant procedure.
  Then the myeloma patient gets the treatment like
  a high dose chemotherapy (at times including
  radiation) to damage the cancer cells. When the
  procedure completes, the stem cells stored are
  given back to the patients blood. This is a
  standard Myeloma Treatment in uganda for
  patients. However, any autologous transplant can
  treat myeloma for years though it doesn't cure
  cancer completely as it often returns.

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Allogeneic transplants

• A patient gets a blood forming stem cells in an
  allogeneic stem cell transplant technique from
  another donor. The treatment is most effective
  when the donors cells are matched closely with
  the patient cells type. This is the chance when
  the donos is related closely to the patient such
  as a sister or a brother. the allogeneic
  transplant is much more riskier than the
  autologous transplant as they may be better at
  fight cancer cells like for Leukaemia Treatment
  in uganda. This is because of the donor cells may
  destroy the myeloma cells. This process is known
  graft vs. tumor effect.

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