“Can blood cancer ever be treated?”
My father has been diagnosed with blood cancer. While the doctor has recommended to start with chemotherapy, we want to know if blood cancer can ever be cured.
6 Answers
yes depending on what kind he has
yes. The only cure to blood cancer (leukemia) is through bone marrow transplant in 60% of the time. the patient has chance of relapse up to 20%.. Other blood cancer such as myeloma, you can control it with transplant and medications, not able to cure it. Lymphoma can be treated with chemo and improved with bone marrow transplant.
It has the potential of cure.
There are many forms of blood cancer that can’t be cured but there are some that can. Depending upon the type of blood cancer there are effective therapy’s. Knowing that information I would be able to provide better answers in that direction, however rest assure that certain cancers of the blood can’t be cured.
Depends upon blood cancer subtype.
It will all depend on the type of "blood cancer." It is safe to say that there are treatments for all blood cancers. Depending on the type of blood cancer, the condition of the patient, and other factors - these treatments can be effective (control the condition for some time), very beneficial (induce a remission to last for some time) or even potentially curable. With more details a very informed discussion of the possible benefits of treatment can be discussued.
