Shelley…….It is also called reduced intensity transplant. I understand that up to a certain age, you still may be able to get a mini transplant when you no longer qualify for the regular transplant. My understanding is that the chemo they give you is less intense and easier for older people to tolerate. YOu can look it up or ask your doctor about it to see if you Mom is a candidate. Here is a little blurb about it:
A mini transplant has many names:
Reduced intensity Transplant
non-ablative or non-myeloablative transplant,
Non-myeloablative”, because the conditioning therapy does not fully ablate (kill off) the bone marrow myeloid cells prior to the engraftment or transplant phase of therapy.
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