– Autologous stem cell transplantation
It is a relatively safer form of stem cell transplantation in which stem cells are collected from the patient before a high dose of therapy that will cause severe damage to the bone marrow. After treatment, healthy stem cells from the sample are returned to the patient’s bone marrow to allow for the production of blood cells.
After therapy, it is very important to keep monitoring the patient, even if the signs and symptoms are gone. In cases of relapse, new chemotherapy regimens are started similar to the ones used to treat the initial phase of the disease.