Why bone marrow transplantation required?
Bone marrow transplant is to cure many diseases and types of cancer. When a child’s bone marrow has been damaged or destroyed due to a disease or intense treatments of radiation or chemotherapy for cancer, a marrow transplant may be needed. A bone marrow transplant can be used to Replace diseased, non-functioning bone marrow with healthy functioning bone marrow (for conditions such as leukemia, aplastic anemia, and sickle cell anemia). Bone Marrow Transplant replaces the bone marrow and restore its normal function after high doses of chemotherapy or radiation are given to treat a malignancy. This process is often called “rescue” (for diseases such as lymphoma, neuroblastoma, and breast cancer). Bone Marrow Transplantation process replace bone marrow with genetically healthy functioning bone marrow to prevent further damage from a genetic disease process.
