HCG EKO Cancer Centre successfully treated a 27-year-old young woman suffering from acute myeloid leukemia through a bone marrow transplant. The patient was suffering from acute back pain and was almost bedridden. Dr. Joydeep Chakrabartty, HOD- Hemato Oncology & BMT at HCG EKO Cancer Centre and the team successfully performed a bone marrow transplant procedure.

This is an unusual case as there was a pain in the back which was initially diagnosed as sacroilitis and then turned out to be acute myeloid leukemia. Bone marrow transplant is a recommended treatment for many blood disorders and blood cancers. Her sister was a full human leukocyte antigen (HLA) match and the bone marrow transplant procedure was successfully performed. She is now well and symptom-free.

He further added that during her initial chemotherapy treatment, she had neutropenic sepsis and drug-related hepatitis which is a known fatal complication of acute myeloid leukemia. She required an allogeneic stem cell transplant as per standard treatment protocol of acute myeloid leukemia which is a very complicated and sophisticated treatment involving life risk and requires meticulous care. With the continuous team efforts and excellent nursing care at our hospital, the patient was successfully treated.

Dr. Chakrabartty added that cancer can be treated if diagnosed at the earliest.

Priyanka Dutta