A decrease in the production of blood cells. The infusion of bone marrow into a patient who has been treated with high dose chemotherapy or radiation therapy . Patients may use their own marrow, which in some cases has been frozen. The infusion of a patient's own bone marrow previously removed and stored. The infusion of bone marrow from one identical twin into another.
Bone scan A picture of the bones using a radioactive dye that shows any injury, disease, or healing.
This is a valuable test to determine if cancer has spread to the bone, if anticancer therapy has been successful, and if affected bony areas are healing. A manual self-examination of the breasts. Bronchoscopy The insertion of a flexible, lighted tube through the mouth into the lungs to examine the lungs and airways. C Cancer A group of diseases in which malignant cells grow out of control and spread to other parts of the body. The stage where the cancer is still confined to the tissue in which it started.