ocr: Allogeneic bone-marrow transplant At transplant that involves transferring bone marrow from one person to another. The transplantis performed after high doses of chemotherapy and sometimes total body irradiation that kill the cancer. Because the patient must receive bone marrow thatis - as closely matched as possible tol his or her own, this transplant is usually performed between siblings. The close match reduces the chance that the donated marrow will reject the body. (See graft-versus-host disease) DONE
