Donating Bone Marrow Is Easy and Important: Here’s Why
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Donating bone marrow can be as easy and painless as giving blood. Here’s what you need to know about the life-saving tissue inside your bones and the current donation process.
Stem cells
What is a Bone Marrow Transplant (Stem Cell Transplant)?
A bone marrow transplant is a medical treatment that replaces your bone marrow with healthy cells. The replacement cells can either come from your own body or from a donor.
A bone marrow transplant is also called a stem cell transplant or, more specifically, a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Transplantation can be used to treat certain types of cancer, such as leukemia, myeloma, and lymphoma, and other blood and immune system diseases that affect the bone marrow.
Bone Cancer (Sarcoma of Bone) - Latest Research
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about the scientific research being done to learn more about bone sarcoma and how to treat it. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors are working to learn more about bone sarcoma, ways to prevent it, how to best treat it, and how to provide the best care to people diagnosed with this disease. The following areas of research may include new options for patients through clinical trials. Always talk with your doctor about the best diagnostic and treatment options for you.
Myelodysplastic Syndromes - MDS - Introduction
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some basic information about this disease and the parts of the body it may affect. This is the first page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS). Use the menu to see other pages. Think of that menu as a roadmap for this entire guide.
