In bone marrow donation, marrow is extracted from the back of your pelvic bone - the iliac crest - using a special syringe. This method of donation is only done in 20% of transplants and most often for a pediatric patient.
Learn more about the two methods of donation: peripheral blood stem cell collection (PSBC) and bone marrow donation.
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