A method of replacing blood-forming cells destroyed by cancer treatment. Also called peripheral stem cell support. Immature blood cells in the circulating blood that are similar to those in the bone marrow are given to the patient after treatment to help the bone marrow recover and continue producing healthy blood cells. Transplantation may be: Autologous (the patient's blood cells saved earlier) Allogeneic (blood cells donated by someone else) Syngeneic (blood cells donated by an identical twin)

(puh-RIH-fuh-rul...) A method of replacing blood-forming cells destroyed by cancer treatment. Immature blood cells (stem cells) in the circulating blood that are similar to those in the bone marrow are given to the patient after treatment. This helps the bone marrow recover and continue producing healthy blood cells. Transplantation may be autologous (an individual's own blood cells saved earlier), allogeneic (blood cells donated by someone else), or syngeneic (blood cells donated by an identical twin). Also called peripheral stem cell support.

a process in which the stem cells (immature cells from which blood cells develop) are removed, treated with anticancer drugs, and frozen until they are returned to the patient.