Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant - Stem Cell replacement

Though chemotherapy is the suggested treatment for leaukemia which would get detected in patients during the early stages, his was the case where the disease was detected much later than what could have been a mild & minor case. We could go ahead and continue the chemotherapy treatment for the next 18 months and make the cancerous cells dormant, but as told by the senior doctors and several knowlege banks over the net, the treated cancer cells could become active anytime after the successful completion of the chemotherpy.And this is something that could really happen if the age of the person is >15.The chemotherpy is believed to have a higher success rate in adolescent / padeatric patients.Having the age factor against him, he has the higher risk of being under the effects of cancer again or rather in the medical terms being "Relapsed".

The Best possible solution in this scenario is to get a Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant (Stem Cell replacement) done. And hence we have decided to go ahead with the same for ChandraShekar.A normal Hallogenic Bone Marrow transplant done from an un-related donor would be costing 50-60 lakhs. And if we are lucky enough to get anyone among his relatives whose HLA( Human Leukocyte Antigen) matches with his, then the cost would be to 20 lakhs.

Blood samples have been given at the Manipal Hospital for HLA matching of brother (Rajshekhar). We are just keeping our fingers crossed and are expecting the blood HLA to match with that of his brother's.

After III - Cycle of Chemo

We sincerely apologize for not updating the happenings for a long time untill now about the treatment that chandrashekar is undergoing with. "Every cloud has a silver lining" saying this quote at first, i would like to inform you all that ChandraShekar has completed the 3rd round of Chemotherapy cycle. The latest Bone Marrow analysis report says everything positive about the internal severity of the disease, to be more specific the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph+) which was very active during the initial detection & treatment process has become negative and is passive in its existence in his body now. We assure to update you with the further treatment on a regular basis.