Stem Cell Therapy

Stem Cell Transplantation

Stem Cell transplantation is one of the programs available in the Rubio Cancer Center. It is a safe and trusted way to enable cellular autorejuvenation.

Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to auto-renovate themselves (produce more stem cells) and to also become normal cells of any kind in any part of the body.

Blood cells grow in the same way as other human cells. They are developed in the bone marrow from a parent cell known as a “stem cell”. These stem cells begin to divide and mature until they are fully developed, forming all the different types of blood cells: white blood cells, platelets and red blood cells.

Stem cells are usually found inside the bone marrow spaces of large bones, however, they can also travel from one bone to the other by way of the blood system. A very small percentage of the white blood cells circulating through your veins are stem cells.

The delivery of higher doses of therapy is referred to as "dose intensive or high-dose therapy". Unfortunately, the higher doses of therapy used to destroy cancer cells also cause damage to normal cells. The body's normal cells that are most sensitive to destruction by high-dose therapy are the blood-producing stem cells in the bone marrow.

Stem cells are early blood-forming cells that grow and mature in the bone marrow, but can circulate in the blood. When high-dose therapy is used to treat cancer, one of the major side effects is destruction of the stem cells living in the bone marrow.

The main attributes of stem cells are:

• They are capable of maturing and evolving into different beneficial cells.
  
  
• They are known to regenerate indefinitely.
  
  
• They usually have a stable phenotype, which allows the cells to keep all their previous hereditary characteristics.
  
  
• Stem cells will not stimulate potential growth to tumors.
  
  
• Stem cells are very susceptible to genetic manipulation to allow the introduction of therapeutic genes.

Our goal when transplanting stem cells is to improve the quality and function of cellular autorenovation in patients that have to go through the stress caused by the effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

For more information about how the transplant is performed, where the stem cells are obtained from, how long the transplant therapy takes, how stem cells are stored, what the effects are during the transplant process, the mechanics and effects of stem cell transplants when combined with other forms of treatment, etc. you may email us at info@rubiocancercenter.com or call toll-free to 1-866-519-9960