Which chemicals are used in(chemotherapy) to treat non-cancerous diseases

[fedoramf]

Diseases or disorders like myelofibrosis, anything to do with bone marrow or just>> any disease that is non-cancerous but CAN be treated with chemotherapy. What would they be and which chemicals are used in treating them?

[midnightmoon]

A lot of auto immune issues can be treated with chemo. One of my nurses during my cancer treatment was also on chemo but for rhumatoid arthritus. I dont know what specific drugs though.

Anything that is treated with a bone marrow transplant uses chemo in the transplant. Some non cancerous things would be like sickle cell anemia or many of the auto immune diseases. The marrow registry has a list of diseases the transplant can treat on their web site. The chemo used in the transplant is fludarabine.

Thats really all I know. Im not a doc, but have had a bone marrow transplant, so thats how I know that.