Will you need a stem cell or bone marrow transplant?
A transplant can offer a potentially longer, disease-free survival — or cure.
Early consultation is essential.
The ideal time to meet with a transplant specialist is when you are first diagnosed. Stem cell collection, donor search, match testing and preparation takes time, and we can do some of these steps now.
What is a stem cell transplant?
If you have a blood cancer, something has gone wrong with how your blood cells are made. A transplant gives you a fresh batch of stem cells or bone marrow so your body can make healthy new blood cells.
Roswell Park’s Transplant & Cellular Therapy Center offers nationally-renowned transplant experts, the latest strategies for optimal outcomes and lifelong care and support.
As soon as I knew a bone marrow transplant could be my cure, I knew that was the path I wanted...Roswell Park saved my life — and gave me another one at the same time.*
Leah, Transplant Patient
Who needs a transplant?
If you have a blood cancer — leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma — or certain other cancers or blood disorders, a stem cell transplant (formerly called bone marrow transplant, or BMT) may eventually become part of your treatment. But you should meet with a transplant specialist as soon as possible.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center was among the first to routinely offer transplant as a treatment for cancer. Since 1977, we have performed more than 3,450 transplants — continually improving outcomes and pioneering new strategies for more successful and safer transplant.
The ideal time for a transplant consultation is at the time of your diagnosis, or as soon as possible.
- Stem cell transplant is a treatment for patients with certain blood cancers or blood disorders, immune disorders or select solid tumors, such as testicular.
- About 18,000 people need a stem cell or bone marrow transplant each year.
- A transplant may use stem cells collected from blood, bone marrow, or cord blood from yourself, a family member or unrelated donor.
* Cancer patient outcomes and experiences vary. An individual patient’s story should not be used as a prediction of how another patient will respond to treatment.