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Cancer dictionary

apheresis

a procedure in which a patient's own blood is removed, particular fluid and cellular elements are extracted from the blood, then returned to the patient.

 

 

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VCU Massey Cancer Center
401 College Street, P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037
Phone: (804) 828-0450  Fax: (804) 828-8453
Last updated: 12/7/2005

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