What is bone marrow transplant?

A bone marrow transplant is a type of hemopoietic stem cell transplant that delivers healthy bone marrow stem cells into the patient to replace bone marrow. The marrow can be from the patient (autologous) or from a donor (allogeneic).

How do members experience bone marrow transplant?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with bone marrow transplant*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for bone marrow transplant*

Who has bone marrow transplant on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 7
30s 8
40s 8
50s 27
60s 25
70+ 22

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 42
Female 54

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What is bone marrow transplant?

A bone marrow transplant is a type of hemopoietic stem cell transplant that delivers healthy bone marrow stem cells into the patient to replace bone marrow. The marrow can be from the patient (autologous) or from a donor (allogeneic).



Common symptoms reported by people with bone marrow transplant

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for bone marrow transplant

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Compare treatments taken by people with bone marrow transplant

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have bone marrow transplant through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with bone marrow transplant? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has bone marrow transplant on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 43 say bone marrow transplant is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 7
30s 8
40s 8
50s 27
60s 25
70+ 22

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 42
Female 54

These charts show data from bone marrow transplant patients who have completed their condition history
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