The use of cancerous bone for transplant procedures would be a violation of Food and Drug Administration regulations and the use of body parts from the aged also is against transplant protocol.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4552742.stm 

Michael Mastromarino, Joseph Nicelli, and Biomedical Tissue Services Ltd. Oral Surgeons were the people that stole Cooke's bones for oral surgerys. 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10574333/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/tv-host-alistair-cookes-bones-allegedly-stolen/

 Bones were sold for more than $7,000 to two tissue processing companies for use in transplant operations.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1506150/Alistair-Cookes-bones-stolen-by-transplant-gang.html

Cooke's bones were intented to be used for dental implants or for orthopaedic surgery.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1506150/Alistair-Cookes-bones-stolen-by-transplant-gang.html

Mastromarino brought the authorities back into the room where they surgically removed the bones and they stated, "the shocking fact that bones had been removed and replaced with crude plastic pipes.”

http://nymag.com/news/features/22326/index4.html