Can someone please answer this question about Lymphoma for me..I am clueless.?

I have a friend who had to have a bone transplant (neck area) about 1 yr. ago. If this bone were infected prior to the transplant with various diseases could this cause Lymphoma in a person? I hope this makes sense. I am trying to help out a friend who's husband had a transplant about a yr. ago when others as well as my friends had found out on the news that these "bones" were stolen from deceased people and sold. The news stated some bones could be infected with HIV, Syphillis, Hepatitis etc? So I guess I want to know if its possible that if his transplant was cancerous and they used this bone on him if he could get Lymphoma? Thanks to all who replied.

Can someone please answer this question about Lymphoma for me..I am clueless.?
Hopefully, they would have cleansed the bone before implanting it. I don't know if there would be live bone marrow in a deseased person.


Check this site for info, and also there is a bulletin board and a chat line to talk with experts.


http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls


Best wishes
Reply:Bone "marrow" transplant is a "treatment" for lymphoma, when they dont have the cells of the immune system due to infection or blood cancer. The marrow or the cells in the bone marrow is transplanted not the bone.





Bone transplant on the other hand is when bone itself is transplanted.





Yes, if the bone was obtained by illegal means and if all the protective screening was not done. Then it is possible in both the cases to get bone or marrow which can be infected with HIV or syphillis or Hepatitis.





Even though people who get HIV can have lymphoma, it has not been proven scientifically that HIV itself causes the lymphoma.





Syphillis is an infectious disease and can sometimes be confused with lymphoma, but doesnt cause lymphoma.





Hepatitis can cause Liver cancer, not lymphoma.





I doubt the cancerous bone would have survived the transplant, it would have been rejected by his body....
Reply:Before a bone marrow treatment, the marrow is put through a "washing" process and is usually heavily screened for anything such as transmittable disease. They can only do transplants when the patient matches the donor bone marrow and many tests are done to make sure of this. It is highly unlikely that the transplant contained any contaminants.