Which statements by the nurse are accurate with regard to transplantation?
Select all that apply.
A. A donation from another person is always needed for a transplant to occur.
B. A peripheral stem cell transplant is a more comfortable process than a bone marrow transplantation.
C. Bone marrow transplant is the only type of transplant for leukemia.
D. Bone marrow cell harvesting requires the insertion of a large needle into the iliac bone.
E. Autologous transplants are when cells are collected from the patients themselves.
F. Peripheral stem cell harvesting requires an apheresis machine.
G. The success rate for a bone marrow transplantation is higher than that for a peripheral stem cell transplantation.
H. Graft-versus-host disease occurs with either autologous or allogeneic cell collection.