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Indications

Bone-marrow transplants are performed for:

• deficiencies in red blood cells (aplastic anemia) and white blood cells (leukemia or lymphoma)
• aggressive cancer treatments (chemotherapy or radiation therapy)
• inherited (genetic) diseases (such as thalassemia)
• immune-system disorders (such as congenital neutropenia and severe-combined immunodeficiency syndrome)

Review Date: 10/30/2006
Reviewed By: William Matsui, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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