Celebrating the evolution of bone marrow transplant
March is a moment of reflection for the South Wales Blood and Marrow Transplant Programme. The first patient to undergo a bone marrow transplant (BMT) at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, received the bone marrow cells in the intensive care unit, coincidentally and significantly, on St David’s Day, 1 March, in 1983.
Authors
- Miriam Atkinson
Institutions
- National Institute Of Blood Disease and Bone Marrow Transplantation (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Nursing Practice
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7748/cnp.25.2.5.s1
- Primary Topic
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00