Bone marrow transplantation is a treatment for patients with blood disorders, such as leukemia, in which normal bone marrow cells from a bone marrow donor are transplanted intravenously, after the leukemia is in complete remission.
One factor that affects the success of the transplant is that the transplanted bone marrow has to survive in the patient’s body. Therefore, prior to bone marrow transplantation, a high dose of chemotherapy is required to remove the abnormal hematopoietic stem cells from the patient’s body to achieve a complete remission.
This facilitates the survival of the transplanted bone marrow in the patient’s body, and after a successful transplant, an immune preparation needs to be applied for six months to one year to avoid transplant rejection.
Patients with hematological disorders need to undergo bone marrow transplantation in a tertiary hospital or a hospital specializing in hematological disorders, choose the appropriate transplantation plan under the guidance of the doctor, and follow the doctor’s instructions during the treatment.