Bone Marrow Transplantation

• Bone marrow transplantation and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation are procedures that restore stem cells that were destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
• After being treated with high-dose anticancer drugs and/or radiation, the patient receives the harvested stem cells, which travel to the bone marrow and begin to produce new blood cells.
• A “mini-transplant” uses lower, less toxic doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation to prepare the patient for transplant.
• A “tandem transplant” involves two sequential courses of high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant.
• The National Marrow Donor Program® operates Be The Match®, which provides patient support and maintains an international registry of volunteer stem cell donors.