Journal of Community Nursing (JCN) | October 2014

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What are the ongoing effects of a stem cell or bone marrow transplant?

What are the ongoing effects of a stem cell or bone marrow transplant?
Editorial

Article topics: Bone marrow, Stem cell, Transplant

Did you know that over 3,000 people in the UK had a bone marrow or stem cell transplant in 2012? Around 1,400 of these were allograft transplants, where the patient receives blood stem cells from a donor — this could be from a sibling or an anonymous donor. Anthony Nolan is a pioneering charity that saves the lives of people with blood cancer and blood disorders. Every day, we use our register to match individuals willing to donate their bone marrow or blood stem cells to people who desperately need lifesaving transplants. But, for the patient, their journey doesn’t end at the point of transplant — a transplant patient is a patient for life and at Anthony Nolan we’re here to support those patients for as long as they need us.


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