Detailed list of stem cell uses

 

Reference BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2000; 321:433 - 437 & OTHER SOURCES

 

Allogenic uses: (matching donor cells) Autologous uses: (own cells)

 

ESTABLISHED USES

 
  • Severe aplastic anaemia

 

  • Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (certain subtypes)
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia in first complete remission (patient < 50 years old)
  • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in second complete remission
  • Myelodysplasia (patient < 50 years old)
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Acute lymphoblastic leulaemia in first complete remission (certain subtypes)
  • Solid tumours such as neuroblastoma and testicular cancer
  • Severe congenital immunodeficiency
  • Aplastic anaemia (banked cells only)
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in second complete remission
  • Hodgkin's disease in second complete remission
  • Thalassaemia
 
  • Chronic myeloid leukaemia
 
 

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EMERGING USES

 

 
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Chronic lymphoblastic leukaemia
  • Hodgkin's disease
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia
  • Non-Hodgkin's disease
  • Solid tumours, such as breast, ovarian
  • Haemoglobinopathies including:
  • Chronic myeloid leukaemia
  • Sickle cell anaemia
  • Hodgkin's disease in first complete remission
  • Thalassemia
  • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in first complete remission
  • Multiple others
  • Systemic sclerosis
  • Inborn errors of metabolism including:
  • Autoimmune pulmonary hypertension
  • Osteopetrosis
  • Necrotizing vasculititis
  • ALL amyloidsis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis: resistant or complicated
  •  Multiple others
  • Systematic lupus erthematosus
 
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome
 
  • Cryoglobulinaemia
 
  • Systemic sclerosis variants with pulmonary fibrosis
 
  • Dermatomyositis
 
  • Necrotizing vasculititis
 
  • Multiple sclerosis
 
  • Myasthenia gravis
 
  • Autoimmune thrombocytopenia
 
  • Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
 
  • Autoimmune neutropenia
 
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
 
  • Autoimmune diabetes mellitus
 

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EXPERIMENTAL USES

 

 
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
  • Amyloidosis
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Other solid tumours
  • Breast cancer
  • Juvenile chronic arthritis
 

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PROPOSED USES

 

 
  •  Acute neural damage
  •  Acute neural damage
 

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