Tony, age 28, reentered the hospital for high-dose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant for his leukemia. Bone marrow had b

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een harvested from Tony after his first hospitalization in which he achieved complete remission. This type of bone marrow transplant is called:\

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Alex777 [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-20T19:42:33+03:00

Answer: Autologous Transplant

Explanation

From the prefix AUTO, it refers to the self transplant, that is Tony gets his own stem cell. , and not from another person/ donor.

If the stem cells were from another person it is refers to as Allogeneic transplantation, that is ALLO transpant.