Treatment
At Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), our world-class experts provide comprehensive, team-based treatment for blood cancers and other disorders that affect the blood, bone marrow or immune system.
Being diagnosed with a blood disorder can feel overwhelming. We have an experienced, compassionate team ready to help.
Treatment options
The doctors at SCCA treat a wide range of blood disorders using the latest therapies with an eye to providing care to you as a whole person. We’ll clearly explain all your options, which treatment course we believe is best for you and why.
Depending on your particular diagnosis, treatment might include:
- Growth factors to stimulate blood cell production
- Steroids or other drugs to suppress your immune system
- Chemotherapy to destroy abnormal cells
- Transfusions to support you with healthy blood cells
- Gene therapy to replace or deactivate a disease-causing gene or to introduce a disease-fighting gene
- Immunotherapy to harness the power of your own immune system to fight disease
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Bleeding disorders like hemophilia may call for blood-component therapies, such as platelet transfusions or clotting factors. Diseases that involve clotting might require drugs that reduce the risk of clots forming.
Some conditions require a bone marrow transplant to replace your marrow stem cells with healthy ones. Doctors at the Fred Hutch Bone Marrow Transplant Program at SCCA have performed more than 16,000 bone marrow transplants — more than any other institution in the world.