Depending on the type of lymphoma and/or the response to initial therapy, a stem cell transplant — formerly called a bone marrow transplant — may be an option. This can cure some people with lymphoma.
With blood cancers such as lymphoma, something has gone wrong with your bone marrow or how your blood cells are made. Or, your stem cells have been destroyed by high dose chemotherapy and/or radiation treatments that were used to eradicate your disease, leaving your body unable to produce the blood cells it needs.
A transplant gives you a fresh batch of stem cells that settle into your bone marrow so that your body can begin to produce healthy new blood cells.
Will a transplant help me?
Our physicians work closely with Roswell Park’s transplant specialists to monitor the status of all our lymphoma patients on an ongoing basis, to identify patients who might benefit from the procedure. This helps ensure that everything is in place and ready to go if a transplant should be necessary.
The Roswell Difference
We were among the first centers in the world to routinely offer stem cell transplants, and we use the latest cutting-edge strategies and technologies to optimize survival.