Liv Hospital Ankara Bone Marrow (Stem Cell) Transplantation Center renders services with world standard infrastructure and physical conditions and is distinguished by its physician staff with experience of more than 1000 transplantations, certified nurses and apheresis technicians.

Bone marrow transplantation is a successfully implemented method for treatment of cancer and some non-cancerous conditions.  It is used successfully for treatment of Leukemia (AML, ALL, CML, CLL), Lymphomas (NHL, Hodgkin), Multiple Myeloma, Aplastic Anemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Solid Tumors (Testis Tumor, Ewing sarcoma etc.), Immunodeficiencies and some metabolic genetic diseases.

Diseases Successfully Treatable With Stem Cell Transplants:

Leukemia (blood cancers like AML, ALL, CML).

• Lymphomas

Multiple Myeloma

Aplastic Anemia

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Solid Tumors (Organ cancers such as testicular cancer and Ewing’s sarcoma)

Immune deficiencies

Some metabolic diseases

In Liv Hospital Ankara Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, every kind of autologous (using patient’s own stem cells) and allogeneic (transplantation from sibling, mother, father or non-related donor) transplantations are performed as transplantation types. The aim of allogeneic transplantations from donors with identical, haploidentical tissue groups or non-related donors is the treatment of all patients who are candidates for these treatments  Local and international Bone Marrow Banks are contacted and the most compatible donor is found as soon as possible for transplantations from non-related donor. Stem cells are sourced from bone marrow, peripheral blood and umbilical cord blood.

Transplant Types:

Autologous (transplantation of patient’s own stem cells)

Allogeneic (transplantation from sibling, mother, father, non-related donor)

Haploidentical (semi-compatible; mother, father, sibling)

Unrelated (transplantation from unrelated donor)

Stem cell sources:

Bone marrow

Peripheral Blood

□ Cord blood

Inpatient Clinic of Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Center has 12 beds. Living rooms have protection terms by providing special ventilating conditions with HEPA filter. BMT Center is technically supported with state-of-art methods by Therapeutic Apheresis Center, Stem Cell Freezing and  Storage Unit.

High Level Medical Technologies

In the center, highest level technology (immunomagnetic cell separation) is used and collection CD34+ cells, decreasing CD3 and CD19 T and B cells and separation of NK cells can be performed according to the characteristics of transplantation. Moreover, Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (DLI) and mesenchymal Stem Cell Infusion tharapies are given at GMP standards as post-transplantation immunologic therapies in close coordination and cooperation with LivMedCell Regenerative Medicine Center Ulus.

Highest level stem cell manipulation

Collection of CD34(+) cells

Reducing T lymphocytes

Reducing CD3 and CD19 cells

Separation of NK cells

Donor Lymphocyte infusion

GVDH therapy by using mesenchymal stem cells