Treatments – A Look at Stem Cell Transplants
Using detailed medical illustrations and narration, this video provides an insightful introduction to stem cell transplants. It briefly covers what to expect before, during and after a stem cell transplant.
Included are overviews of autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplants. The video also explains “minitransplants,” which may be a treatment option for some cancer patients.
"When traditional stem cell transplantation is not an option, Cancer Treatment Centers of America may offer a nonmyeloablative or minitransplant. In a minitransplant, lower doses of chemotherapy drugs are used. This lower dosage makes conditioning more tolerable and suppresses your immune system to allow donor engraftment…"
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