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High-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplant
Source: Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: March 31, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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High-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplant is a method of giving very high doses of chemotherapy and replacing blood-forming cells destroyed by the cancer treatment. Stem cells (immature blood cells) are removed from the bone marrow of the patient or a donor and are frozen and stored. After the chemotherapy is completed, the stored stem cells are thawed and given back to the patient through an infusion. These reinfused stem cells grow into (and restore) the body’s blood cells.
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