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If your child or teenager needs a bone-marrow transplant, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is the best place for them. SCCA's parent organization, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, pioneered the use of bone-marrow transplants as a treatment for leukemia over 40 years ago. Since then thousands of patients have benefitted from this life-saving treatment and the Hutchinson Center Transplant Program at SCCA was 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 119 transplant centers in the United States 1
You may also want to read about our Pediatric Bone-Marrow Transplant Success Rates.
During the treatment period for bone-marrow transplantation, your child's treatment will take place at Seattle Children's by a highly trained and knowledgeable medical team that understands the application of research-based therapies and the care needed for pediatric patients undergoing bone-marrow transplantation.
Learn about the risk factors and symptoms of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT), how it is diagnosed, and how its stages are determined.
Bone-marrow (hematopoietic stem-cell) transplantation is a complex treatment. Information here will give you a brief introduction to the steps involved with this life-saving treatment.
SCCA is a comprehensive treatment center that provides the latest therapies with compassionate support. Our renowned specialists from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine, and Seattle Children's are working together to improve quality of life and conquer disease with state-of-the-art treatments like bone-marrow transplantation.
Our doctors are members of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and faculty from UW Medicine and Seattle Children's. They are the best of the best who work as a team to care for children having a Bone-Marrow Transplant.
Receiving a diagnosis that requires a bone-marrow transplant leads to many questions. SCCA physicians and staff provide compassionate care and support during your course of treatment so you will always know what to expect.
A bone-marrow or stem cell donor will need to be identified by HLA Typing before your child comes to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance for a transplant.
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children's, SCCA parent organizations, are working to improve treatments for childhood diseases. Here are some of the latest developments benefiting our pediatric patients who have cancer or a non-malignant immune system disorder or blood diseases.
As a world-class treatment center, SCCA provides patients with the best and most current therapies available. Clinical studies bring promising new treatments to patients faster. The opportunity to be treated in a study means your child will receive the very latest treatment under the supervision of the most qualified and dedicated physicians.
Because treatment with a bone-marrow transplant isn't easy, special support for patients is essential. Seattle Children's and SCCA have several programs, classes, and services to assist patients and their families.
Read about amazing people who have gone through treatment for cancer at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Information for teenagers who have cancer or other blood disorder, because the needs of teens is different than those of younger children or even adults.
