bone marrow transplantation

Definition / meaning of bone marrow transplantation

A procedure to replace bone marrow that has been destroyed by treatment with high doses of anticancer drugs or radiation. Transplantation may be autologous (an individual’s own marrow saved before treatment), allogeneic (marrow donated by someone else), or syngeneic (marrow donated by an identical twin).

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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