Bone Marrow- Stem Cell Transplantation

Medipol University Hospital taking sure steps towards becoming an important reference center in the field of health, also serves with Bone Marrow- Stem Cell Transplantation Center. The unit aims to meet the necessity of bone marrow transplantation in patients not only from Turkey but also around the world has all the facilities of latest technology.

Medipol University Hospital Bone Marrow- Stem Cell Transplantation Center consists of outpatient, inpatient department, modern laboratories and intensive care unit.

In addition to ensuring the international standards by Strong academics taking part in the bone-marrow stem cell transplantation center; -all services are provided as needed by the patient.

In Bone Marrow- Stem Cell Transplantation Center , bone-marrow –stem cell transplantation can be performed in patients having blood diseases such as

• Multiple myeloma (malignant bone marrow disease caused by plasma cells),
• Lymphoma (hematologic lymph node cancer),
• Acute leukemia (blood cancer),
• Chronic leukemia,
• Bone marrow failure, aplastic anemia a kind of bone marrow failure seen in the elderly,
• MDS disease

Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplants center

Both autologous (patient's himself) and allogeneic (from another person) transplantationa are performed at Medipol University Hospital Pediatric hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants Center

The central is supported with apheresis unit, pediatric intensive care, pediatric nephrology, pediatric neurology, pediatric cardiology, endocrinology, pediatric gastroenterology and pediatric chest diseases units.

Diseases which have the possibility of treatment with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at Medipol University Hospital Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants Center are

• leukemia, lymphoma and some cancers which do not respond to treatment
• Congenital or acquired blood diseases (Mediterranean anemia, such as sickle cell anemia)
• Congenital or acquired bone marrow failure (such as aplastic anemia)
• Deficiencies of body defense system (such as the heavy combined immunodeficiency)
• Congenital metabolic diseases (such as adrenoleukodystrophy)