Donor lymphocytes
Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-013140
A population of lymphocytes from the blood of a donor and administered to a patient who has already received a stem cell transplant from the same donor (allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation). The donor lymphocytes may be able to boost the patient's immune system and kill remaining cancer cells.
| Identifier | MLC-T-ONC-013140 |
|---|---|
| Field | Oncology and biomedicine |
| References | National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0) |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-ONC-013140",
"term": "Donor lymphocytes",
"field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
"definition": "A population of lymphocytes from the blood of a donor and administered to a patient who has already received a stem cell transplant from the same donor (allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation). The donor lymphocytes may be able to boost the patient's immune system and kill remaining cancer cells.",
"references": [
"National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
],
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/donor-lymphocytes/"
}
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