Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
bone marrow transplantation
bone mar·row trans·plan·ta·tion
Subclass of:
Tissue Transplantation
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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).NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A procedure to replace diseased or pathologic bone marrow with transplanted healthy bone marrow cells.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A therapeutic procedure that involves the transplantation of bone marrow from a donor to a recipient.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and thigh bones. It contains immature cells, called stem cells. The stem cells can develop into red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body, white blood cells, which fight infections, and platelets, which help the blood to clot. A bone marrow transplant is a procedure that replaces a person's faulty bone marrow stem cells. Doctors use these transplants to treat people with certain diseases, such as: Leukemia; Severe blood diseases such as thalassemias, aplastic anemia, and sickle cell anemia; Multiple myeloma; Certain immune deficiency diseases. Before you have a transplant, you need to get high doses of chemotherapy and possibly radiation. This destroys the faulty stem cells in your bone marrow. It also suppresses your body's immune system so that it won't attack the new stem cells after the transplant. In some cases, you can donate your own bone marrow stem cells in advance. The cells are saved and then used later on. Or you can get cells from a donor. The donor might be a family member or unrelated person. Bone marrow transplantation has serious risks. Some complications can be life-threatening. But for some people, it is the best hope for a cure or a longer life. NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteMedlinePlusU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The transference of BONE MARROW from one human or animal to another for a variety of purposes including HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION or MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Transference of bone marrow within an individual, between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Over the past 40 years, bone marrow transplantation and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation have been used with increasing frequency to treat numerous malignant and nonmalignant diseases. Post�World War IIWebMD, 2019
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A bone marrow transplant is a procedure that infuses healthy blood-forming stem cells into your body to replace your damaged or diseased bone marrow. A bone marrow transplant is also called a stem cell transplant.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Bone marrow transplant, the transfer of bone marrow from a healthy donor to a recipient whose own bone marrow is affected by disease. Bone marrow transplant may be used to treat aplastic anemia; sickle cell anemia; various malignant diseases of blood-forming tissues, including leukemia, lymphoma...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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