Part 2: Go to cancer.org and type Stem Cell Transplant in the search bar. A list

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Part 2: Go to cancer.org and type Stem Cell Transplant in the search bar. A list of articles will come up that discuss stem cell transplants for the treatment of different cancers.

1) How many cancers are currently treated using stem cell transplant?

2) Look at the list and pick a cancer that interests you and click on it. Which cancer did you choose?

3) Where do the stem cells come from for a stem cell transplant?

4) There are two main types of stem cell transplants: autologous and allogeneic. How do these differ?

Explanation / Answer

1) Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma.

2) Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia.

3) Two sources: first is "blood forming stem cells from patient's bone marrow itself", second is "blood forming stem cells from other person".

4) In autologous stem cell transplant, patient gets their own blood forming stem cells while in allogeneic stem cell transplant, the patient receives blood-forming stem cells from another person.

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