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What is involved in a bone marrow transplant?
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Transplant: Now a days it is actually called stem cell transplant. It involves stem cell collection, followed by high dose chemotherapy to wipe bone marrow and then infusion of collected stem cells and then recovery of bone marrow.
Answered 11/2/2019
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Transplant: Also called as stem cell transplant involve stem cell collection from patient or donor, followed by high dose chemotherapy to wipe out marrow and then stem cell infusion back to patient. Finally bone marrow recovery and response to stem cell transplant.
Answered 11/2/2019
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