BMT
A bone marrow transplant ( BMT ) is a procedure to transplant healthy bone marrow into a patient whose bone marrow is not functioning properly. Problems in bone marrow are often caused by chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer. The BMT procedure can also be done to correct hereditary blood diseases.
Alternatively, hereditary or acquired disorders may cause abnormal blood cell production. In these cases, transplantation of healthy bone marrow with a BMT procedure may save a patient's life. Transplanted bone marrow will restore production of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
Bone marrow transplant patients are usually treated in specialized centers and the patient stays in a special nursing unit (a bone marrow transplant unit, or BMT) to limit exposure to infections.
More about BMT Procedures
Learn more about BMT at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University. As a national leader in cancer care & research and ranked among the best treatment facilities in the country, it is one of only 38 cancer centers in the nation designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. NCI designation is an assurance of excellent care and comprehensive treatment options, including access to the latest clinical trials.
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