Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

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Overview

• Allogeneic related and unrelated donor (stem cells come from another person that may or may not be a relative)
• Autologous (stem cells come from the patient's own blood or marrow)
• Umbilical cord blood
• Peripheral blood

• Malignancies such as acute or chronic leukemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Selected solid tumors such as neuroblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma  
• Hematological disorders such as:
  • Severe aplastic anemia  
  • Fanconi anemia
  • Thalassemia 
  • Selected cases of sickle cell anemia
• Immunodeficiency disorders including severe combined immunodeficiency and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Selected inborn errors of metabolism (storage diseases)

Faculty

• Rajni Agarwal, MD
• Michael Amylon, MD
• Sandhya Kharbanda, MD
• Kenneth Weinberg, MD

Resources

• Fertility Issues in Pediatric Hematology Treatment (PDF)
  Infertility, or the inability to have children, is a side effect of some hematologic therapies.  Even though your child's future fertility may not be a concern at this time, there are ways to help protect their chances to have children in the future.  This booklet provides information on infertility risks for different diseases and treatments and options to help save fertility that are available at LPCH and the surrounding area.