Re: autologous transplants/Tracey and

[Guest guest]

Thanks Tracey. Sandy also used her own cells even though it's a " mini "

transplant. Another option that may not be a cure but it's out there.\

, on the same website www.cmlsupport.org/ you can click on 's

diary and get connected to her Caringbridge site. She's on Day 15 of a

transplant in which they used her mother's marrow. That's not the usual sibling

transplant. She had complications even before the transplant so it's not

strictly a CML transplant. Turns out her CML became MDS and AML before they got

to the transplant. You could also check the archives of this website for Dane's

diary of his transplant which was from an unrelated donor.

Hope this gives you a start on your search for information.

L

[ ] autologous transplants

Hi and ,

Autologous transplants are when they use the patient's own cells to do

the transplant as opposed to using a donor's cells. In some lymphomas

this has been successful but as far as I know, in CML, it has never

been a cure. It can however buy a person some time while they wait

for other treatments or donors to become available if they have run

out of options.

Take care,

Tracey

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[Guest guest]

At 09:11 PM 6/1/05 -0400, you wrote:

>Thanks Tracey. Sandy also used her own cells even though it's a " mini "

>transplant. Another option that may not be a cure but it's out there.\

Hi L,

Sandy from the UK's transplant was not with her own cells.....her brother

was the donor....so it was a sibling mini-transplant (but it was different

in that it was T-cell depleted so that it would minimize the GVHD...with

Gleevec used for a year).

Also, you mentioned Dane......he got cells from his sister, so he had a

related donor......not a MUD.

C.