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The main types are autologous (patient's own stem cells), allogeneic (donor stem cells), and syngeneic (stem cells from an identical twin).

A condition where donor immune cells attack the patient's tissues; can be acute or chronic.

Pre-transplant process involving chemotherapy and/or radiation to prepare the patient for transplantation by killing cancer cells and suppressing the immune system.

When the recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted marrow, considering it foreign.

Stem cells for transplant can come from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood.

A procedure that restores stem cells that have been destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Used to treat various blood diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, aplastic anemia, and some solid tumor cancers.

The process by which transplanted stem cells start to grow and produce healthy blood cells in the bone marrow of the patient.

A form of radiation therapy used as part of the conditioning regimen before a bone marrow transplant that targets the entire body.