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Who needs transplantation?

A stem cell transplantation can be a life-saving treatment for patients with diseases or conditions that prevent the body from producing enough healthy blood cells. A transplant replaces defective cells with healthy ones, effectively giving the patient an entirely new immune system.

Stem cell transplantation can be used to treat various diseases and conditions, but is most often used to treat patients with cancers affecting the production of blood cells, such as leukaemia and lymphomas.

A transplant physician will decide whether a stem cell transplantation is the best and most beneficial treatment for a patient. It depends on the type and severity of their disease, their age and overall health, and other possible treatment options.

Other diseases and conditions that could be treated using stem cell transplantation include:

Severe blood diseases, such as thalassaemia, aplastic anaemia or sickle cell anaemia.
Certain immune-deficiency diseases, for example, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome, congenital neutropenia or chronic granulomatous disease.

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