Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Important Change to Hospital Visitation Policy |
| Effective October 19, 2009, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital will no longer allow non-patient visitors or family members under the age of 16 years to visit in the hospital. This policy will be in effect during the height of the flu season, usually lasting until spring, and will be re-evaluated at that time. Learn more about the visitation policy change / Lea más acerca del cambio en las normas de visitas. |
| Location Lucile Packard Children's Hospital 725 Welch Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 |
Phone: (650) 498-7836 Fax: (650) 724-1164 |
| Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 8:30 am-5:00 pm |
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Overview
The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Clinic at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital offers the following stem cell transplants:-
Allogeneic related and unrelated donor (stem cells come from another person that may or may not be a relative)
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Autologous (stem cells come from the patient's own blood or marrow)
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Umbilical cord blood
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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
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.