Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
myeloablative chemotherapy
[ my-eh-loh-a-blay-tiv kee-moh-thayr-uh-pee ]
Definitions related to myeloablative chemotherapy:
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High-dose chemotherapy that kills cells in the bone marrow, including cancer cells. It lowers the number of normal blood-forming cells in the bone marrow, and can cause severe side effects. Myeloablative chemotherapy is usually followed by a bone marrow or stem cell transplant to rebuild the bone marrow.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The administration of high-dose chemotherapy, with or without total body irradiation, to eradicate the underlying disease and/or ablate the immune system of the patient.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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