Overview
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare, inherited blood disorder that causes the bone marrow to stop making enough new blood cells. It also causes the bone marrow to make abnormal blood cells, which can lead to serious health problems, such as cancer.
FA can affect many of your body's organs, tissues, and systems. Children who inherit FA are at higher risk of being born with deformities and are at higher risk for some cancers and other serious health problems. As an inherited disease, children should be tested if one of their brothers or sisters has the disease.
Outstanding Care Team
The medical team at Seattle Children's, a parent organization of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, has a long history of successfully caring for children and teens who have bone marrow failure diseases like FA. These renowned specialists work together to improve your child's quality of life and conquer this disease.
Medical therapy for bone marrow failure diseases is provided at Seattle Children's. If your child's health-care team determines that the best course of action is a bone marrow transplant, your child will receive this treatment through Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, ranked first in outcomes in a four-year study by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) that measured one-year survival rates of patients among 122 transplant centers in the United States.