peripheral stem cell transplantation


peripheral stem cell transplantation

Peripheral stem cell support Oncology A method of replacing hematopoietic cells–HCs destroyed by chemotherapy; stem cells in circulating blood are removed before treatment, then readministered treatment to help BM recovery Transplantation may be autologous–a person's own HCs, allogeneic–HCs donated by another, or syngeneic–HCs from an identical twin. See Bone marrow.