Cancer

Cancer & Stem Cell Therapy

Stem-cell therapy is the use of stem cells to treat or prevent a disease or condition. Stem Cells and Tumors cancer cells also have the characteristic which is also associated with normal stems cells. Stem Cell Therapy is using to prevent the disease. Stems cells transplant is used to treatment of cancer like leukemia, multiple Myeloma & lymphoma. Cord Blood Stem and Cancer cord blood contains hematopoietic (blood) stem cell. They have long been used in stem cell treatments for leukemia, blood and bone marrow disorders when chemotherapy is used.

• Cancer Stem Cells
• Stem Cells and Tumors
• Stem Cell Transplantation
• Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Cord Blood Stem Cells and Cancer
• Stem Cell Research

There are 2 main types of transplants. They are named based on who gives the stem cells.

Autologous: The stem cells come from the same person who will get the transplant.

Allogeneic: The stem cells come from a matched related or unrelated donor.

Autologous stem cell transplants

In this type of transplant, your own stem cells are removed, or harvested, from your blood before you get treatment that destroys them. Your stem cells are removed from either your bone marrow or your blood, and then frozen. (You can learn more about this process at what’s It Like to Donate Stem Cells?) After you get high doses of chemo and/or radiation, the stem cells are thawed and given back to you.

Allogeneic stem cell transplants

Allogeneic stem cell transplants use cells from a donor. In the most common type of allogeneic transplant, the stem cells come from a donor whose tissue type closely matches the patient’s. (This is discussed later in “Matching patients and donors.”) The best donor is a close family member, usually a brother or sister. If you don’t have a good match in your family, a donor might be found in the general public through a national registry. This is sometimes called a MUD (matched unrelated donor) transplant. Transplants with a MUD are usually riskier than those with a relative who is a good match.