Admission
Preparing your Body for B&MT
Shortly after admission to the hospital, you will begin a course of therapy to prepare for your stem cell transplant. The type of chemotherapy and the level of radiation may be different for each patient, but its purpose remains the same--to destroy all the abnormal cells in the body and to prepare the immune system to accept the new stem cells. Physicians and nurses will carefully review and outline this course with you.
You may be offered the chance to participate in experimental studies regarding a new option for treatment. You have the right to choose not to participate in any study. If you are offered the chance to participate, you will be given a written summary of all the information necessary to make this decision, and you will have an opportunity to discuss the study in detail with our staff transplant physicians.
Five to nine days of chemotherapy and radiation treatment (depending on your disease) are required prior to the infusion of new stem cells. Some common side effects of the chemotherapy and radiation are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and mouth sores. In most cases medication can be given to minimize these side effects.
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