Options For Treating Rhabdomyosarcoma

Stem Cell Transplant

One treatment option sometimes utilized with tough childhood cancers is a stem cell transplant. This operation, also called a bone marrow transplant, allows for much higher doses of chemotherapy to be used than would otherwise be possible. If doses are too high, they'll cause damage to the bone marrow, resulting in potentially fatal blood cell shortages. With a bone marrow transplant, some of the stem cells that form blood are removed from the patient's body and saved. After the high dosage of chemotherapy, these cells are reintroduced to the body, and when the cells travel back to the bone marrow, the normal marrow can regrow. Bone marrow transplants have many side effects, though, and because of this, doctors don't usually recommend this treatment option unless necessary.

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