Tandem transplant

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008517",
  "term": "Tandem transplant",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of transplant in which a patient receives two courses of high-dose chemotherapy, each course followed by an infusion of their own healthy blood-forming stem cells. The stem cells are collected and stored before the first high-dose chemotherapy treatment. The treatments are given weeks or months apart but are usually completed within a 6-month period. A tandem transplant is used to treat certain types of cancer, such as neuroblastoma and multiple myeloma. Also called double autologous transplant.",
  "synonyms": [
    "double autologous transplant"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/tandem-transplant/"
}