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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobin Roberts has 'Myelodysplastic syndrome'
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Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by poorly formed or dysfunctional blood cells. Myelodysplastic syndromes occur when something goes wrong in your bone marrow the spongy material inside your bones where blood cells are made.
There is no cure for myelodysplastic syndromes. Treatment for myelodysplastic syndromes usually focuses on reducing or preventing complications of the disease and its treatments. In certain cases, myelodysplastic syndromes are treated with a bone marrow transplant, which may help prolong life.
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http://www.bing.com/health/article/mayo-MADS00596/Myelodysplastic-syndromes?q=myelodysplastic+syndrome&qpvt=Myoplastic+syndrome
She just announced this on GMA. her sister is almost a perfect match, and when ready, she will be having a bone marrow transplant.
Feels like it's raining all the time.
Mass
(27,315 posts)My thoughts and prayers are with her.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)She had breast cancer a few years ago...
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)can, in time, cause other problems/diseases.
I believe that she said that this was the case, in this instance.
My thoughts are with her & her family in this trying and scary time.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Particularly hemic-lymphatic cancers.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)he had been "cured" of colon cancer about 10 years earlier...that made me wonder, too...
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)that got missed by drugs and took 10 years to blow up. Or primary brain cancer maybe from cell phone use.
Chemo-related cancers tend to involve the bone marrow and blood cell production or the lymphatic system.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)all of the cancer and it killed him some 10 months after the surgery and it was a year after his initial diagnosis...
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts). nt
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)Therefore, many people that get treated for their original cancer by these methods often develop a second type of cancer years later.
sinkingfeeling
(51,454 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)My father died from this.
GCP
(8,166 posts)Bone marrow transplants are harrowing, both the heavy chemo beforehand to kill off her own bone marrow, then graft vs host disease she may come down with. If she gets through that, she'll probably be ok.
Good luck to a nice lady.
ananda
(28,859 posts)It got worse after she had chemo for breast cancer... and she died
from that blood disorder even though the chemo got the cancer.