transplant was more commonly called a
bone marrow transplant because the
stem cells were collected from the bone marrow. Today,
stem cells are usually collected from the blood, instead of the bone marrow. For this reason, they are now often called
stem cell transplants. A
bone marrow transplant, also called a
stem cell transplant, is a treatment for some types of cancer. For example, you might have one if you have leukaemia, multiple myeloma, or some types of lymphoma. Doctors also treat some blood diseases with
stem cell transplants. A part of your bones called “bone marrow” makes blood cells. Marrow is the soft, spongy tissue inside bones. It contains
cells called “hematopoietic” stem cells. These
cells can turn into several other types of cells. They can turn into more
bone marrow cells. Or they can turn into any type of blood cell.
Certain cancers and other diseases keep
hematopoietic stem cells from developing normally. If they are not normal, neither are the blood
cells that they make. A
stem cell transplant gives you knew stem cells. The new
stem cells can make new, healthy blood cells.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the
transplantation of multipotent
hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood. It may be autologous (the patient's own
stem cells are used), allogeneic (the
stem cells come from a donor) or syngeneic (from an identical twin).It is most often performed for patients with certain cancers of the blood or bone marrow, such as
multiple myeloma or leukaemia. In these cases, the recipient's
immune system is usually destroyed with radiation or
chemotherapy before the transplantation.
Infection and graft-versus-host disease are major complications of allogeneic HSCT.Hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation remains a dangerous procedure with many possible complications; it is reserved for patients with life-threatening diseases. As survival following the procedure has increased, its use has expanded beyond
cancer to
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