Re: CML following treated lymphoma.

January 24, 2008

Hi Marri,

First off, welcome to the group, but sorry you had to find us. I

remember we had a member a few years ago who had gone through

Hodgkin's lymphoma prior to her CML diagnosis but I'm not aware of

anyone with NHL and CML.

I think we've all gone through the " what did I do to get this "

question but unfortunately few ever find an answer.

As for the BMT issue. I know they use autologous transplants quite a

bit in lymphomas and they are successful but with CML, the only

transplants that are successful are allogeneic transplants (using

donor cells) because you need to replace those original CML stem

cells that caused the problem in the first place, otherwise, they

just grow back.

Take care,

Tracey

dx Jan 2002

>

> Hi everyone. I'm new to the group. I was diagnosed with CML in

> November. I had Lymphoma in 2001. I received 8 rounds of CHOP with

> something called Rituxan (immunotherapy) and currently in remission

> from this. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced these two types

of

> cancers. My onco says he's stumped as to why. He called Stanford

and

> was told that haven't heard of this???? He also says CML isn't

> chemo.) I'm very curious. I'm 35 years old and wondering if I drank

the

> wrong water, stood too close to a faulty microwave etc..... (Not

> really, but just seems rather bizarre to me.) I also wonder if

this

> has any bearing on whether or not I should or shouldn't get a BMT.

> When I was diagnosed/treated for the lymphoma (NHL large B cell)

> Stanford had a hard time deciding whether I should have a " stem

cell

> rescue " which uses some of your own " cleaned up " marrow. Curious

about

> anyone's feedback.

> Thanks.

>

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