Bone Marrow Transplant Procedure & Types
Diseases can be treated by Bone Marrow Transplant? A bone marrow transplant also called a blood stem cell transplant or BMT can treat many diseases. For some diseases, BMT is the only potential cure. There are over 70 diseases that can be treated by BMT. Some of them are listed here. Patients undergo transplant for a wide variety of malignant and non-malignant conditions including: Malignant conditions Hematologic Malignancies Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Solid Tumors Neuroblastoma Brain tumors Ewing sarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Non-Malignant Conditions Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes Aplastic anemia Fanconi Anemia Hemoglobinopathies Sickle cell anemia Thalassemia Primary Immune Deficiencies Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID) Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome Chronic Granulomatous Disease Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Read more...