Understanding Blood and Marrow Transplant
To understand the process of blood and bone marrow transplant, it is necessary to understand the functions of bone marrow and blood and how those functions can go wrong.
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
Autologous stem cell transplant is a procedure where a patient's own healthy bone marrow stem cells are collected before high-dose chemotherapy and then given back after the treatment.
Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
An allogeneic stem cell transplant is a procedure where the stem cells are taken from another individual who is genetically similar or matched to the patient.
Leukemia
Leukemia occurs when the bone marrow makes large numbers of abnormal white blood cells.
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma is cancer that begins in cells of the immune system called lymphocytes. This type of cancer is also called Hodgkin's disease or Hodgkin lymphoma.
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a group of cancers that begin in white blood cells called lymphocytes.
Multiple Myeloma
Myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, which are white blood cells that produce antibodies to help fight infection.
Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant
Pediatric stem cell transplants are performed at Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC). To learn more, please visit the PCMC BMT program website
| "As a patient, I have been inspired by HCH's total focus on me—always timely, always with competent professionals in every discipline. The personal care started at my first meeting with the Clinical Coordinator and has never been compromised. During treatment, no provider walked into my room without direct and current knowledge of my situation, medications and status. Every nurse call was answered by a person, never with the impersonal intercom of other hospitals. Interactions with the staff provided continuous learning about the details of my disease and education about personal activities that better prepared me for the stem cell transplant and recovery." —Bruce Boldrin |
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