What are stem cells?
Historic factsStem cells are used for teatring diseases that use haematopoetic stem cell transplantation. These transplantations are performed using one of three (or combined) sources of stem cells:
- bone marrow;
- peripheral blood;
- cord blood.
Indicatians for autological haematopoetic transplantation in Lithuania:
| DIAGNOSIS | |
| Leukemia | Acute myeloid leukemia |
| Chronic myeloid leukemia | |
| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | |
| Chronic lymphoblastic leukemia | |
| Acute biphenotypic leukemia | |
| Chronic biphenotypic leukemia | |
| Myelodysplasitic sindrome | |
| Lymphoma | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| Hodgkin's lymphoma | |
| Malignant immunoproliferative diseases | |
| Other diagnosis | Neuroblastoma |
| Ewing's sarkoma | |
| PNET tumors | |
| others |
For alogenic transplantation, inherrited blood and metabolitic disorders are added to this list.
However, there are more conditions that are treated in Europe. You can find more information here.