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Information about cord blood for transplant
My brother had his RARS transform into RAEBII in September. He is being seen at the Dana Farber in Boston and they have recommend bone marrow transplant. My sister was a full match but we were told she could not donate because of her rheumatoid arthritis. A month has passed as they have searched for an unrelated match. We were just told they have 2 umbilical cord blood matches. We will meet with the transplant specialist next week and I'm wondering if anyone can recommend questions to ask about this type of stem cell transplant source beyond outcome rates etc. Also could someone recommend a good resource book - the medical knowledge needed to even ask informed questions seems to be far beyond me.
Thank you in advance!
Martha
brother, Karl, age 49, RARS dx'ed in 05 treated successfully with Procrit, progressed to RAEBII 9/07 currently receiving Dacogen.
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