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Q&AS > TREATMENTS Q&AS > STEM CELL & BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS Q&ASQ&As on this topic
1. My cousin is 30 and has chronic myeloid leukaemia. He is going to have a bone marrow transplant. What does this involve?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
2. I have sickle cell trait. Can I be a bone marrow donor?
last reviewed: 31.01.2007
3. I am Portuguese and may need a bone marrow transplant in the future. Will my brothers and sister have to come from Portugal to be tested?
last reviewed: 31.01.2007
4. What is graft versus host disease?
last reviewed: 28.08.2007
5. I had a bone marrow transplant 3 months ago. My husband now has shingles. Am I at risk?
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
6. I had a bone marrow transplant 3 years ago. Now I have been told that I need to start thyroxine tablets. Why is this?
last reviewed: 27.01.2007
7. My doctors have mentioned the graft versus leukaemia effect. What does this mean?
last reviewed: 28.08.2007
8. I have been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. I have been told l need chemotherapy and may need a bone marrow transplant. A woman I know also has it and they are just monitoring her. Does this mean that my illness is worse?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
9. How are stem cells collected for a stem cell transplant?
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
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