Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)/Stem Cell Transplant (SCT)

BMT also called SCT is used as a definite treatment for many hematological diseases. The principle of BMT is the replacement of damaged or cancerous bone marrow of the patient with the healthy marrow of the donor. There is usually no harm risk to the donor. Nowadays peripheral blood stem cells of donor can be taken just as platelet (SDP) donation. BMT/SCT is of two types – autologous BMT where donor is not needed like transplant for myeloma and lymphoma and allogeneic BMT where the donor is required like for acute leukemia, aplastic anemia and thalassemia.