Learning about Stem Cell Transplant in Children

Pediatric stem cell transplants: What to know

A stem cell transplant can be a lifesaving treatment option for kids with blood cancers, such as lymphoma and leukemia, as well as bone ...

Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation - Boston Children's Hospital

Stem cell transplantation (bone marrow transplantation) is a complex process that may take months to complete. Your doctors, nurses, and the transplant patient ...

Stem Cell Transplants (for Parents) | Nemours KidsHealth

Most kids who have had a stem cell transplant feel better over time after they leave the hospital. It's a lot for a child and family to manage the hospital stay ...

About Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Stem cell transplants are performed on children whose stem cells have been damaged by disease or invasive treatments for cancer such as chemotherapy and/or ...

Stem Cell Transplant for Children | Nemours Children's Health

A stem cell transplant uses chemotherapy, radiation or immunotherapy to remove unhealthy cells from the body or bone marrow and replaces the bone marrow with ...

Learning about Stem Cell Transplant in Children - MyHealth Alberta

A stem cell transplant replaces damaged stem cells with healthy ones. Stem cells are special cells made in the bone marrow. They become red blood cells, white ...

Pediatric HSCT and Cellular Therapy for Cancer (PDQ®) - NCI

Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant involves the infusion of blood stem cells into a patient to reconstitute the blood system.

About Pediatric Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplants

During a pediatric stem cell transplant, a patient's diseased or damaged bone marrow is replaced with healthy blood stem cells. Learn more about the ...

Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Process | Duke Health

Stem cell transplant -- also called bone marrow or cord blood transplant -- involves three phases: conditioning (preparing the body for the transplant), ...

Pediatric stem cell transplant and cellular therapy - UW Health

A stem cell transplant is also known as a bone marrow transplant. Normally, blood cells form in bone marrow, the soft, spongy tissue found in the center of ...

Pediatric stem cell transplant - Dallas - Children's Health

Stem cell transplants are used to treat certain diseases, including some cancers, by replacing unhealthy cells with healthy stem cells.

Learning about Stem Cell Transplant in Children - Kaiser Permanente

A stem cell transplant replaces damaged stem cells with healthy ones. Stem cells are special cells made in the bone marrow. They become red blood cells, ...

Bone Marrow Transplant for Children

Stem cells are taken from your child by apheresis. Apheresis is a process of collecting stem cells that float in the blood (peripheral blood stem cells). The ...

Stem cell or bone marrow transplant for childhood ALL

A transplant allows your child to have high doses of chemotherapy and other treatments such as radiotherapy to the whole body.

Stem Cell Transplant | Treatment Types - Children with Cancer UK

Stem cell transplantation is the new terminology for bone marrow transplantation. It is used to restore normal blood cell production to damaged bone ...

Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant: Caring for Your Child

Pediatric patients that need a stem cell transplant are treated through the Hematopoietic (Stem) Cell Transplant Program at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's ...

Hematopoetic stem cell transplantation in children - PMC

Bone marrow transplantation is called hematopoetic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), since peripheral blood and umbilical cord blood can also be used as ...

Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant: children's diseases - Progencell

Stem cell transplants are also called bone marrow transplants. These healthy stem cells are injected into your child's body through an IV ...

Pediatric Stem Cell & Bone Marrow Transplants - UChicago Medicine

Pediatric stem cell transplants treat cancer and diseases of the bone marrow. Our stem cell transplantation experts help children of all ages.

Stem Cell Transplantation for Leukemia in Children

In a peripheral blood stem cell harvest, blood is collected from the donor, and stem cells are filtered out of it and stored for use by your child. This ...