a type of ASCT in which stem cells from the blood are used.
Procedure in which blood containing mobilized stem cells is collected by apheresis, stored, and infused following high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
(PBSCT): Similar to a bone marrow transplant ( BMT), young blood stem cells are collected from the patient (autologous) or another matched donor (allogeneic) usually by a process called apheresis. High dose chemotherapy and/or radiation is given, and the stem cells reinfused to the patient to re-establish (rescue) the patients immune system.
A method of separating and collecting stem cells from the circulating blood stream using a process called pheresis. The stem cells are immediately frozen after collection, allowing the patient to receive higher-than-conventional doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation to destroy the leukemia-producing bone marrow. After completing high-dose chemotherapy or radiotherapy, the frozen stem cells are prepared and reintroduced to the patient via an intravenous, or IV, infusion.
The patient is hooked up to a machine. Small amounts of blood are slowly drawn into the machine. The machine takes out the blood-forming stem cells, and the rest of the blood is returned to the patient. The collected stem cells are then frozen and stored until they are returned to the patient after the high-dose chemotherapy.
Stem cells are removed from the blood and infused after high-dose chemotherapy. This can be done for both autologous and allogeneic transplants.
A way of giving healthy bone marrow cells back to a patient after high dose chemotherapy treatment. A special machine is used to remove stem cells from the blood. These are stored and given back to the patient through a drip, after the chemotherapy.
