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What is high-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation?

April 26, 2017bone chemotherapy high-dose marrow transplantation

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What is high-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation?

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In the first step of this therapy, stem cells (immature blood cells) are extracted from the patient’s bone marrow and frozen. Next, the patient receives very high levels of chemotherapy, after which the frozen stem cells are thawed and gradually returned to the patient via infusion. These cells then mature into functioning, healthy cells.