Generally, MS HSCT specialists I've spoken with, the answer is probably not. Here's why....
- It's riskier and the odds of getting blood cancers in the future from the additional chemotherapy is significantly higher.
- If it didn't hold the first time, odds are no better and almost certainly worse that it will hold the second.
- If your MS is progressing without relapses, that means you are likely in the progressive stage of the disease, which is more resistant to HSCT.
- You are now older, and you've now had MS longer, both factors in HSCT effectiveness.