Medicina: Oncoematologia pediatrica: Leucemia linfoblastica acuta
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| autologous bone marrow transplantation |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Variant |
autologous BMT, autologous transplant/ation,
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| Definition |
A procedure in which bone marrow is removed from a person, stored, and then given back to the person after intensive treatment.
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| Definition source |
cancernet
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| Context |
An even newer type of bone marrow transplant, called autologous bone marrow transplant, is being studied in clinical trials. During this procedure, bone marrow is taken from the patient and may be treated with drugs to kill any cancer cells. The marrow is frozen to save it. The patient is then given high-dose chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy to destroy all of the remaining marrow. The frozen marrow that was saved is thawed and given through a needle in a vein to replace the marrow that was destroyed.
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| Context source |
en33
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| Subject field |
Pediatric Oncohematology
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| Generic concept |
BMT
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autologe KMT
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| it |
TMO-A
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| Reliability code |
2
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