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Suggest Treatment For Myelodysplastic Syndrome Due From Chemoteraphy

My friend has Myelodysplastic syndrome from radiation chemo following lung cancer. How long can transfusions continue. She is on meds to stimulate her bone marrow to manufacture mature cells. What is her prognosis. Has been on transfusions for six months.
Wed, 16 Sep 2015
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Good morning. The prognosis of treatment related myelo dysplastic syndrome is not good. Only curative treatment available is a bone marrow transplant that too in a good centre. You need to consult a good hemato ocnologist dealing with transplant.
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Suggest Treatment For Myelodysplastic Syndrome Due From Chemoteraphy

Good morning. The prognosis of treatment related myelo dysplastic syndrome is not good. Only curative treatment available is a bone marrow transplant that too in a good centre. You need to consult a good hemato ocnologist dealing with transplant. regards