Adult Bone Marrow-Stem Cell Transplant Center

Medipol University Hospital, an important reference center in the field of health, also serves with its Bone Marrow-Stem Cell Transplantation Center. With its strong academic staff, it performs bone marrow/stem cell transplantation at high standards not only for patients from Turkey but also for patients from all over the world.

Medipol University Hospital Bone Marrow-Stem Cell Transplant Center

Polyclinic Inpatient and outpatient department,

  • SEE coordinatorship,
  • Modern laboratories,
  • Apheresis and Stem cell collection unit
  • Stem cell processing laboratory
  • It consists of an intensive care support unit.

In addition to meeting international standards in bone marrow-stem cell transplantation, the center, where a strong academic staff works, provides all the services required by patients.

Diseases Treated

  • Multiple myeloma (a disease of the bone marrow caused by plasma cells),
  • Lymphoma (hematologic lymph node cancer),
  • Acute leukemia (blood cancer),
  • Chronic leukemia,

Bone marrow-stem cell transplantation can be performed in patients with similar blood diseases such as bone marrow failure, aplastic anemia, MDS disease, a type of bone marrow failure seen in the elderly.

What are Stem Cells?

Stem cells are special blood cells found in the bone marrow and umbilical cord blood. Hematopoietic (blood-related) stem cells are precursor cells and differentiate in the bone marrow to form the blood cells in our body. 

What is a Stem Cell Transplant?

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a life-saving treatment for many blood-related diseases. Today, “hematopoietic stem cell transplantation” and “bone marrow transplantation” are used interchangeably.
During stem cell transplantation, the patient receives high-dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. While unhealthy and diseased cells in the body are destroyed with this treatment, blood cells or blood-related stem cells in the bone marrow are also damaged. Stem cell transplantation is required to regenerate these damaged cells. The process of giving stem cells to the patient after chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy is called “stem cell transplantation”. 

There are different types of transplant depending on the source of the healthy stem cells.

Autologous stem transplantation: Uses the patient’s own stem cells.
Allogeneic stem transplant: Uses cells from a related or unrelated donor.
Syngeneic stem transplant: Uses stem cells from identical twins.
Cord blood transplant: Stem cells from cord blood are used for transplantation. It is not preferred for adult patients.

There are many factors that determine which transplant should be performed, such as the type of disease and whether it is under control, the patient’s health status, comorbidities, and the availability of a donor.