What are bone marrow transplants?
For the treatment of malignant tumors from leukemia, cancer and other diseases, approaches are necessary which use large volumes of drugs and radiation. At these times, however, the treatments result in the loss of healthy blood cells as well, which saps the body’s power to resist disease. To deal with this situation, bone marrow transplant is a method in which cerebrospinal fluid containing healthy blood cells is transplanted to conduct treatment with greater safety. Approaches include use of the patient’s spinal fluid, a donor’s spinal fluid and other procedures, while the use of a donor requires a careful matching test to ensure that the transplanted spinal fluid will not be rejected.
