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Stem Cell Transplants in Cancer Treatment

Stem cell therapy had grabbed attention when it was known that it has the potential to make breakthroughs in any disease. Stem cell transplant is the procedures that restore patient’s blood-forming stem cells in people who have had theirs destroyed by the very high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy that are used to treat certain cancers. Stem cell transplant in cancer treatment is an intricate process that needs utmost care concerning emotional and physical. 

Types of Stem Cell Transplants 

Stem cell therapy in cancer treatment is classified into two types autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplants. Successful stem cell transplant gives people new and healthy bone marrow and a new immune system.

Autologous stem cell therapy that is used for adult stem cell obtained from its own blood or bone marrow which are collected and then given back after treatment. The high dose chemotherapy kills the cancer cells and gets rid of blood-producing cells that are left in your bone marrow. The collected stem is put back afterward into your bloodstreams allowing bone marrow to produce new blood cells.

In an Allogenic stem cell transplant, stem cell comes from another person that can be within the family or an unrelated donor. It gives patients a new immune system that helps protect against underlying cancer. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are given before the transplant and this therapy kills the cancer cells or stops the patient's immune system from working like it normally does.

How Stem Cell Transplants Work against Cancer

Stem cell transplant in a cancer patient is a need for patients suffering from leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma. The cells help replace the damaged cells by cancer which helps the body recover faster from intense chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

Stem cell transplant enables you to improve your ability to produce stem cells after treatment with very high doses of radiation therapy and chemotherapy; it does not usually work against cancer directly.

The graft versus tumor that occurs after allogeneic transplant becomes the reason for stem cell transplant hat may work against cancer directly. After the high dose treatment the white blood cells from the donor attack any cancer cells that remain in the patient's body that helps improve the success of the treatment.

How Much Stem Cell Transplants Cost

India serves as the cost-efficient stem cell therapy treatment than the western countries that provide the same procedure at a high cost. Not only the stem cell but also the stem cell banking and other grafting advancements is offered in India at a very reasonable price by hospitals. The maximum number of patients visit India for stem cell transplant in cancer treatment in India from Kenya, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, and many other countries.

Stem Cell Treatment Cost in India ranges from $5,000-$8,000 which depends on various factors such as from the country you are visiting, traveling cost, number of days in hospital after the surgery, type of cancer you have and many other factors can affect the actual price.

The success rate of stem cell treatment

Stem cell treatment includes cancers, disorders related to blood, immune and metabolic disorders that are recovered after the transplant. It has high efficiency of about 98% with a high level of expectation for potential benefits. Researchers hope stem cell treatment one day will be effective in the treatment of many diseases and medical conditions. More than 60,000 transplants have been performed successfully each year and have been increasing with 10%-20%. Patients feel improvement after 3-4 weeks, and it will continue improving over six months.

2019-11-16 00:17:16, views: 705, Comments: 0