Types of blood cancer treatment

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Chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation, and radiation therapy are common blood cancer treatments, but disease type and risk factors also determine the type of treatment you receive.

Factors that will determine your treatment regimen may include:

The type of blood cancer	Your rate of disease progression
Your disease's subtype, phase, category, and/or stage	Whether you've had cancer in the past and subsequent chemotherapy to treat it
Your cytogenetic analysis results	Whether you've had another blood cancer in the past
Your age and overall health	Whether the cancer is in your central nervous system
Your symptoms	Whether you have an infection in your bloodstream (systemic infection)
Your white cell count	Whether you're pregnant
The cancer cells' location	The effect that treatment may have on the quality of your life