Stem Cell Transplant and Therapy Treatments
The BMT Program at UI Health provides a number of stem cell transplant procedures to deliver the best possible outcomes in patients with cancers and diseases of the blood. BMT treatments include:
- Autologous stem cell transplant: Stem cell transplant that uses a patient's own stem cells for transplantation.
- Allogeneic stem cell transplant: This procedure uses stem cells from a matched related or unrelated donor for transplantation.
- CAR T-Cell Therapy: UI Health is an approved treatment site for CAR (Chimeric Antigen Receptor) T-Cell Therapy, an FDA-approved therapy for treating specific types of lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma in patients who have not responded to previous cancer treatments.
- Haploidentical stem cell transplant: Transplant with stem cells from a half-matched related donor.
- Umbilical cord stem cell transplant: This stem cell procedures uses partially matched unrelated stem cells from the donor's umbilical cord.