Bone Marrow Transplant
Also known as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), bone marrow transplant is actually the transfer of stem cells from the bone marrow of a healthy donor to a sick patient, usually one who has multiple myeloma and leukemia, who may no longer benefit from radiation and chemotherapy. Although it is also experimentally being done for other conditions such as immune-related disease and cardiovascular disease, which have not yet gained wide acceptance. Other diseases treated with bone marrow transplant are those with sickle cell disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, neuroblastoma, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, Ewing’s Sarcoma and Desmoplastic small round cell tumor. Developments in bone marrow transplant has enabled elderly and weak patients to undergo the treatment.