Blood & Marrow Transplant Program
The largest blood and marrow transplant program in Canada, our inter-professional team of medical, nursing and allied health staff work together to integrate patient care, research and education to improve transplant outcomes for people with hematological disorders such as leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, severe aplastic anemia, germ cell disorders and other plasma cell disorders.
Our Blood and Marrow Transplant Program offers allogeneic and autologous transplant services to patients. Our team of hematologists and medical oncologists, specialized oncology and apheresis nurses, nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals work collaboratively with each patient’s health care team, including consulting with other Princess Margaret services such as pathology, pharmacy and psychosocial supports where necessary.
Our team has dedicated expertise in the coordination of related and unrelated donor-recipient matches using OneMatch with Canadian Blood Services, the US National Marrow Donor Program and the international collaborative World Marrow Donor Program.
Matched donors donate anonymously by traditional bone marrow harvest or by an apheresis collection process that collects peripheral stem cells or hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) for transplantation.
Our centre includes an outpatient Apheresis Centre and in-house, outpatient bone marrow harvesting, as well as access to the
Phillip S. Orsino Cell Therapy facility, where cells are stored and treated to ensure the removal of any disease.
Our physician-scientists, advanced oncology nurses and laboratory services are at the forefront of innovating techniques in peripheral stem cell/HPC transplants, including prophylaxis and treatment of graft-vs-host disease, stem cell telemedicine for remote physician and nurse practices and advancing patient safety and research.
