Bone marrow transplant enables people with certain types of cancer to receive very high doses of chemotherapy or radiation to kill the cancer.
In this treatment, a patient's own bone marrow cells are removed and stored, or a matched donor is found to donate bone marrow cells. Next, the patient receives high doses of systemic chemotherapy or radiation, which kills the cancer cells but also destroys bone marrow cells. Then the patient receives a transplant of the stored bone marrow, which will develop into new, healthy blood cells, which protect against infection and bleeding.
Learn more about programs at Duke:
Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant (ABMT) Program
Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Cancer Types
Cancers treated with blood and bone marrow transplant include:
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