Autologous Use

In an autologous stem cell transplant, you are your own donor. Your bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells are taken from you (harvested), frozen until needed, then given back to you (transplanted) after you have received high doses of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both, to destroy your cancer cells. The majority of autologous transplants are performed using peripheral blood stem cells; the remaining use bone marrow stem cells or a combination of the two.

Study: The growth rates of autologous use versus allogeneic use of cord blood (presented at the ISCT Annual Meeting May 23-26 2010)