WHAT DISEASES/ CONDITIONS ARE TYPICALLY TREATED WITH BONE MARROW/ STEM CELL TRANSPLANT? Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplant are generally used to treat diseases of the blood, the immune system, or genetic disorders. It can replace unhealthy blood-forming cells with healthy ones, or it can replenish blood-forming cells if chemotherapy and radiation therapy destroy them.
The diseases and disorders treated with bone marrow transplant include: Leukaemias – Acute Myelogenous Leukaemia (AML), Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia (CML), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) Lymphomas – Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma and other Plasma Cell Disorders Myelodysplastic Syndromes – Refractory Anaemia, Refractory Anaemia with Excess Blasts, Refractory Cytopenias etc. Thalassaemia Major Severe Aplastic Anaemia Inherited Immune System Disorders Inherited…
