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Stem Cell Transfusion
Aka: Stem Cell Transfusion- Indication
- Bone Marrow Suppression following high dose chemo
- Advantages
- More effective than Bone Marrow transplant
- Much easier to harvest
- Identify CD34 antigen via Monoclonal Antibody
- Small volume of peripheral stem cells effective
- Greater disease free survival than Bone Marrow
- Shorter hospitalization (2 weeks rather than 3 weeks)
- Much less costly
- References