Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Terapia de linfocitos de sangre periférica
Peripheral blood lymphocyte therapy (peh-RIH-feh-rul blud LIM-foh-site THAYR-uh-pee)
A treatment for Epstein-Barr virus infection or overgrowth of white blood cells (lymphocytes) after an organ or bone marrow transplant. Specific lymphocytes from a sibling donor are infused into the patient to try and reverse these conditions.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.