CancerCompass message board discussion started by Mom72 on 2/14/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,20961,0.htm Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My 34 year old son has been diagnosed with an agressive, virulent form of Periperal T Cell non-hodgins lymphoma, nos.  Cannot find a complete match in the national registry.  In order to have BMT.  Has anyone else been in this position. Mom72 Mom72 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 2/14/2008 Mom72 wrote:My 34 year old son has been diagnosed with an agressive, virulent form of Periperal T Cell non-hodgins lymphoma, nos.  Cannot find a complete match in the national registry.  In order to have BMT.  Has anyone else been in this position. Mom72Not sure if this will help at all, but have they found a 6 out of 10 match or even 5 out of 10 for him.  I know that they don't like to transplant any less then equally matched, but have if they can't find a match that is appropriate.  Have they tested all family memebers that could be good donors?  They probably have, but just some thoughts for you to use if you can.  Take care and God Bless, it is a hard road, but hang in there.    CAREGIVER4YEARS Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 5/1/2008 CAREGIVER4YEARS wrote: On 2/14/2008 Mom72 wrote:My 34 year old son has been diagnosed with an agressive, virulent form of Periperal T Cell non-hodgins lymphoma, nos.  Cannot find a complete match in the national registry.  In order to have BMT.  Has anyone else been in this position. Mom72Not sure if this will help at all, but have they found a 6 out of 10 match or even 5 out of 10 for him.  I know that they don't like to transplant any less then equally matched, but have if they can't find a match that is appropriate.  Have they tested all family memebers that could be good donors?  They probably have, but just some thoughts for you to use if you can.  Take care and God Bless, it is a hard road, but hang in there.    I just came upon your message and hopefully your son is doing well.  My son-in-law has the same disease and could not find an acceptable match in the registry either.  They decided to do an umbilical cord transplant which does not require as good match as an adult donor.  The babies' cells are so immature they should not attack the host as aggressively. If you haven't already ask your oncologist about this approach.  Hope this is helpful. cooper Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT