Bone Marrow Transplant Program – Overview

Mayo Clinic's bone marrow (stem cell) transplant team is internationally recognized for its expertise in comprehensive specialty care for people with blood and bone marrow diseases. Mayo Clinic is one of the largest bone marrow transplant providers in the United States. It has performed more than 10,000 stem cell transplants at campuses in Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota.

At Mayo Clinic, our bone marrow transplant specialists help adults and children with leukemia and other blood, plasma, and bone marrow diseases. Your doctor will discuss all treatment options that may be right for you, including experimental treatments, and provide care tailored to your needs.

Mayo Clinic bone marrow transplant experts are involved in patient care and research at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is ranked among the top cancer centers in the United States for cancer research, treatment, and education. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is also a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

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Your bone marrow transplant team will work with you to ensure you receive exactly the care you need.

Mayo Clinic experts focus on your needs and bring the following strengths to your situation:

• experience. Mayo Clinic's bone marrow transplant and hematology experts have extensive experience helping people with all kinds of illnesses, including very rare diseases. For example, they are leaders in the use of blood stem cell transplants to treat amyloidosis.

  Each year, more than 30,000 patients with blood disorders are treated at Mayo Clinic, and more than 700 of them receive bone marrow transplants. This experience means your doctor has the knowledge and resources to provide you with exactly the care you need.

• Teamwork. At Mayo Clinic, our bone marrow transplant doctors form a multidisciplinary team with experts in other fields to assess your condition and create a personalized treatment plan. They work with doctors trained in blood disorders (hematologists), cancer (oncologists), and other specialties (such as lung, heart, and kidney specialists). Mayo Clinic staff efficiently coordinate care as needed between campuses in Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota.
• Care focused on you. Mayo Clinic's bone marrow transplant experts are focused on the needs of patients and their families. Doctors, nurses, social workers, and more provide holistic care based on your goals and circumstances. For example, bone marrow transplantation can be performed as a hospital-based outpatient procedure, reducing hospital stay time.
• Advanced technology. Mayo Clinic patients benefit from Mayo's nationally certified on-site advanced cell processing lab to prepare cells for transplantation. Human Cellular Therapy Laboratory develops and produces safe cell products for research and patient care. Mayo Clinic is also recognized by the National Bone Marrow Donor Program as a Center of Excellence for Stem Cell Transplants from Matched Unrelated Donors.

• Innovative research. Mayo Clinic researchers make bone marrow transplants safer and improve the lives of people who need them. Their innovative treatment harnesses the body's immune system, leverages new stem cell technology, and prevents complications such as graft-versus-host disease.

  Mayo Clinic bone marrow transplant physicians and hematologists conduct clinical trials in collaboration with other hospitals in the United States and abroad. At Mayo Clinic, clinical care and research are closely linked, allowing eligible patients to enroll in clinical trials where they can receive new treatments.

  Mayo Clinic bone marrow transplant specialists and hematologists are also involved in patient care and research at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. This center is ranked among the top cancer centers in the United States.

At the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota, children and adolescents with blood disorders receive care through the Children's Center. Children who require hospitalization are being treated at Mayo Eugenio Ritta Children's Hospital.

At Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona, doctors trained in blood disorders and cancer (hematologists and oncologists) partner with Phoenix Children's Hospital to treat children who may need bone marrow transplants. I am. The two hospitals work together to oversee a single bone marrow transplant program for children.

At Mayo Clinic's Florida campus, hematologists and oncologists partner with Nemours Children's Specialty Care and Wolfson Children's Hospital to treat children who may need bone marrow transplants.

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Mayo Clinic's Bone Marrow Transplant Program provides consultation, evaluation, and treatment for patients who may benefit from bone marrow transplantation.

Mayo Clinic's bone marrow transplant experts work with a multidisciplinary team to determine the best treatment for you. They have expertise in many areas of bone marrow transplantation, including: Not all services are available at each of his three Mayo clinic campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Please confirm when calling to make a reservation.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Jacksonville, Fla., and Phoenix/Scottsdale, Ariz., are ranked among the best hospitals for cancer by U.S. News & World Report.