Treatments: Bone marrow transplant
Description:
Bone
marrow transplantation (BMT) or peripheral
stem cell transplantation (PSCT) may also be used
in cancer treatment. The transplant may be autologous (the
person's own cells that were saved earlier), allogeneic (cells
donated by another person), or syngeneic (cells donated by an
identical twin). Both BMT and PSCT provide the patient with
healthy stem
cells (very immature cells that mature into blood
cells). These replace stem cells that have been damaged or
destroyed by very high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation
treatment.1
Count: Bone marrow transplant is listed as a: treatment for 11 conditions; alternative treatment for 11 conditions; preventive treatment for 0 conditions; research treatment for 7 conditions.
Bone marrow transplant is a type of: Transplants (35)
Treatments: all treatments
Bone marrow transplant as a treatment: The following list of conditions have 'Bone marrow transplant' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:
C
K
L
M
N
P
S
W
Bone marrow transplant as a research area: The following list of conditions have 'Bone marrow transplant' or similar listed as a research treatment or other research area in our database:
A
B
H
M
N
S
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from What You Need To Know About Cancer - An Overview: NCI
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