Bone-marrow transplant - series

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Indications

Bone-marrow transplants are performed for:

• deficiencies in red blood cells (aplastic anemia) and white blood cells (leukemia or lymphoma)
• aggressive cancer treatments (chemotherapy or radiation therapy)
• inherited (genetic) diseases (such as thalassemia)
• immune-system disorders (such as congenital neutropenia and severe-combined immunodeficiency syndrome)

Update Date: 3/17/2011

Updated by: Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Related Pages

• Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Bone Marrow Diseases
• Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Childhood Leukemia
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma
• Multiple Myeloma
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes

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