A blood stem cell transplant is used most often to treat patients with:

• multiple myeloma
• leukemia
• non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Hodgkin lymphoma
• myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
• myeloproliferative disorders such as myelofibrosis
• severe aplastic anemia

A blood stem cell transplant can also be a treatment option for patients with:

• a genetic or inherited disorder, such as sickle cell disease or thalassemia
• an immune deficiency disease, such as Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome or SCIDS
• a solid tumor, such as neuroblastoma
• an autoimmune disease, such as multiple sclerosis

Click here [1] to see more diseases treated by a bone marrow, stem cell or cord blood transplant.

Not all patients with these diseases require a transplant. Blood stem cell transplants are usually reserved for patients:

• who have a high risk of relapsing (the disease comes back) after less intensive treatment or
• who have already relapsed or
• whose quality of life can be improved by a blood stem cell transplant

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Next Page: Preparing for Transplant [3]

Updated August 2023