Bollywood actress Lisa Ray has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells known as plasma cells. It is a rare and incurable disease. Lisa Ray's blog The Yellow Diaries has revealed the tragic news. She said that she decided to undergo medical examination after her bone marrow started sending her messages a few months ago. Many advised her not to reveal the tragic news as it would affect her career but she decided to tell the truth.

But she got cured from cancer and she attended the IIFA Awards 2011 in totonto.

Dr. Silber interviews a patient about to undergo ovary tissue freezing before a sterilizing but otherwise curative bone marrow transplant for aplastic anemia.
Dr. Silber interviews a patient about to undergo ovary tissue freezing before a sterilizing but otherwise curative bone marrow transplant for aplastic anemia.

Depending on the donor, bone marrow transplants are of different types as follows:

Autologous bone marrow transplant:

For this, the stem cells are taken from the patient either by bone marrow harvest or apheresis (peripheral blood stem cells). Then, these stem cells are given back to the patient after intensive treatment. The term “rescue” is often used instead of “transplant.”

Allogeneic bone marrow transplant: