Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Transplantation

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Secondary cancers. There is a small long-term risk for leukemia after transplantation in young people. Use of newer chemotherapeutic drugs, however, may not pose as high a danger as older treatments.

Other potentially serious complications include:

• Bleeding because of reduced platelets (highest risk within the first 4 weeks)
• Infertility
• Organ complications to the liver, heart, kidney, or lungs
• Failure of the transplant
• Muscle problems including stiffness, cramps, and joint pain
• Frequent urination and bladder control problems
• Older patients should be screened for osteoporosis and hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)

Review Date: 01/17/2007
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.