bone marrow transplant
Hematopoietic tissue transfer
A bone marrow transplant is a medical procedure that replaces damaged or diseased bone marrow with healthy stem cells.
The transplant may use the patient's own cells (autologous) or cells from a donor (allogeneic).
It treats conditions like leukemia, lymphoma, and certain immune disorders: She underwent a bone marrow transplant after chemotherapy.
- leukemiaMalignancy of blood-forming tissues
- blood cancerMalignancy in blood-forming tissues
- engraftmentTransplant becoming established
- lymphomaCancer from immune cells
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
doctor · cord blood · donor matching · stem cell donor · conditioning · graft · thalassemia · sickle cell anemia · cytokines · immune system · hematology · platelets · hospital gown · informed consent · second chance · harvest · bone pain · oncology
- cancer treatmentchemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- medical proceduressurgery, bypass surgery, biopsy, heart surgery, brain surgery
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- medical treatmentschemotherapy, physical therapy, gene therapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
bone marrow transplantchemotherapy
Anti-cancer drug treatment
radiation therapy · ablation · amputation · palliative care · hospice care
bone marrow transplantpalliative care
Relief-focused medicine for illness
hospice care · comfort care · watchful waiting · do not resuscitate