Autologous stem cell transplant

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Autologous stem cell transplant
TermAutologous stem cell transplant
Short definitionautologous stem cell transplant (aw-TAH-luh-gus .
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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autologous stem cell transplant - (pronounced) (aw-TAH-luh-gus . . . TRANZ plant) A procedure in which a patient's healthy stem cells (blood-forming cells) are removed from their blood or bone marrow before treatment, stored, and returned to the patient after treatment. Autologous stem cell transplantation replaces a patient's stem cells that have been destroyed by treatment with radiation or high-dose chemotherapy. Autologous stem cell transplantation is most commonly used to treat blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma

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