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How long do I have to live?

How long do I have to live?

This is most people’s first question, along with “what can I expect to happen.” The doctor’s answer is called a prognosis (an educated guess about the likely course of your disease and how long you might live). Because each person is unique, and each person’s disease is different, a prognosis can be difficult to make. Also, how a disease progresses over time is unpredictable, and less is known about rare diseases than common diseases.

Improved outcome of patients older than 30 years receiving HLA-identical sibling hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe acquired aplastic anemia using fludarabine-based conditioning: a comparison with conventional conditioning regimen.

Author(s): 
Maury S, Bacigalupo A, Anderlini P, Aljurf M, Marsh J, Socié G, Oneto R, Passweg JR; Severe Aplastic Anemia Working Party, European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT-SAAWP).
Primary Author: 
Maury S
Journal Title: 
Haematologica
Original Publication Date: 
Sep 2009

Older age is a limitation for HLA-identical sibling hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) as

Bone Marrow Disease(s): 
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