Learn what a blood and marrow transplant is, and where blood stem cells come from.
Learn about the procedures during your child's allogeneic blood and marrow transplant.
Learn how unrelated donors are found, before your child's blood and marrow transplant.
Your child's health-care team may offer stem cell transplants to treat your child's sickle cell disease. Learn about the treatment, including its benefits and risks.
Learn what happens during a donor's stem cells harvest.
Learn about the different subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and how they are diagnosed.
Learn how your child's stem cells are harvested, before the blood and marrow transplant.
Parents can learn about bone marrow and the immune system, as they prepare for their child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT)/cellular therapy (CT).
Learn how blood works, what bone marrow is and how the lymphatic system works inside our bodies.
Leukemia is a type of cancer. Learn about the more common types of leukemia, how leukemia is diagnosed, treated and what the prognosis is.
Learn about blood and marrow transplants (BMT), the reasons for BMT, how the marrow and immune system work, and the BMT health-care team.
Your health-care team may offer red blood cell transfusions or stem cell transplants to treat your sickle cell disease. Learn about both treatments, including their benefits and risks.
Learn which children with acute myeloid leukemia are recommended for a bone marrow transplant (BMT).
Learn about how graft-versus-host disease is prevented and treated, after an allogeneic transplant.
Learn how gene changes can cause acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Learn about the types of heart conditions that arise in children. Congenital heart defects and heart rhythm problems are among the conditions discussed.
Learn why a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia may need a bone marrow transplant.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer. Learn about how this cancer develops and what factors may affect the development of the disease.
Learn what happens during your child's allogeneic stem cell transplant.
Learn about strokes occurring in newborns. Stroke is caused by a blockage of the blood vessels in the brain and can happen at any age. Stroke occurs as frequently in newborns as in the elderly, yet it often goes unrecognized and untreated.
Germ cell tumours are a type of cancer that start in the germ cells. Learn about where germ cell tumours are most commonly found, how they are diagnosed and the main types of treatment.
Information for parents about infantile osteopetrosis, a rare genetic condition that may cause fractures, short stature (height), recurrent infections, hearing loss and vision problems.
Read about sudden cardiac death. It occurs both in people who have a diagnosed heart condition, and in those that never show symptoms and are undiagnosed.
Parents can learn about chronic graft-versus-host disease, a possible late effect that occurs after a child's blood and marrow transplant.
An overview of the causes, genetics, symptoms, diagnosis, environmental risks and treatment of childhood brain tumours.
