Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Trasplante singeneico de céluas madre
Syngeneic stem cell transplantation (SIN-jeh-NAY-ik stem sel tranz-plan-TAY-shun)
A procedure in which a patient receives blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) donated by his or her healthy identical twin.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.