Cure rates are still low, but are steadily increasing. Even if there is no cure, most transplants result in a period of remission. But you should be aware that there are no guarantees. BMT is an intensive procedure with many risks, and some patients will die despite BMT, from complications of transplant or from relapse of the original disease. The success of BMT will be influenced by a number of factors, including a child's age, general physical condition, diagnosis, and disease stage.
Different children respond in different ways.
Scroll down this page for an on-site overview of BMTs. Many external Internet sites provide excellent information on bone marrow and stem cell transplants, so if you need more detail, follow the link below to these sites. This means that they will store a new sibling's cord blood. This program is sponsored by NCI and is available to families anywhere in the US who have a child with a medical condition that may at some point require a transplant. There's no need for cancer affected families to pay for this service that they can all use if having another baby.