Radiation therapy
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Radiation therapy | Radiation is used to kill rapidly growing cancer cells or other malignancies. Unfortunately, high doses of radiation, especially in combination with chemotherapy, also kill the body's adult stem cells in the bone marrow and peripheral blood stream. This is why a bone marrow/stem cell or cord blood stem cells transplant is performed, to replenish the patient with new, healthy cells.
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