A stem cell transplant is a procedure that replaces damaged or affected stem cells with better ones in your bone marrow. It is sometimes called a ‘peripheral blood stem cell transplant’ or a ‘bone marrow transplant’. Most stem cell transplants nowadays use stem cells collected from the bloodstream. We refer to both as ‘stem cell transplants’ in the rest of our information.

There are chances that a high chemotherapy dose might also destroy the cells in the bone marrow. Hence, this treatment is opted at its best.

What kinds of Lymphoma can stem cell transplant treat?

A stem cell transplant allows you to be treated with a higher dose of chemotherapy than you would usually be able to have because it replaces the stem cells damaged by chemotherapy. A stem cell transplant helps you to be treated with even a higher dose of chemotherapy than you would usually be able to have. This replaces the stem cells damaged by chemotherapy. There are three major kinds of Lymphoma that are treated which are:

• Hodgkin lymphoma,
• High-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma