Cirrhosis can damage your liver to the point where it no longer works. This is called liver failure. In a transplant, your damaged liver is replaced with a healthy one from a donor. You can wait on an organ transplant list for a deceased donor, or get part of a liver from a living ...
Cirrhosis can damage your liver to the point where it no longer works. This is called liver failure. In a transplant, your damaged liver is replaced with a healthy one from a donor. You can wait on an organ transplant list for a deceased donor, or get part of a liver from a living ...
The only curative cancer treatment is the surgical removal of all cancer, occasionally the removal of the entire pancreas, and a pancreatic transplant; however, few patients are eligible for a pancreatic transplant. Chemotherapy after surgery can lower the chances of the cancer returning. Chemotherapy...
This phenomenon may help explain the “obesity paradox,” which suggests that, even though people who are obese are at greater risk of developing heart issues, once heart disease develops, individuals with higher BMIs appear to have a lower mortality risk than people with normal BMIs. However,...
Stem cell transplant Replaces damaged bone marrow with healthy stem cells. Used after high-dose chemotherapy or radiation therapy to help the body recover. Discuss all treatment options with a healthcare provider to understand the outcome chosen course of treatment. Medically Reviewed on 1/19/2023...
TransplantationTseng PH, Wang SS and Shih FJ. Changes in health-related quality of life across three post-heart transplantation stages: Preoperative extracorporeal membrane versus non- extracorporeal membrane group/clinical trial plan group versus non-clinical trial plan group in Taiwan. Tra...
Intervals between acute periods of worsening of dyspnea (exacerbations) become shorter. Cyanosis (discoloration of the skin) and failure of the right side of the heart may occur. Anorexiaandweight lossoften develop and suggest a worse prognosis. ...
The treatment is highly variable depending on the type and stage of a cancer as well as the overall health of the patient. The most common treatments are surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Other treatments include targeted/biological therapies, hematopoietic stem cell transplants, angiogenesis inhi...
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For some patients there may be a role for high-dose chemotherapy followed by the administration of bone marrowstem cellscalled a stem cell transplant or autotransplantation. Numerous factors come into play in determining whether to do such a transplant. People may obtain further information from the...