Bone Marrow Transplant

Treatment of Children

Mayo Clinic offers specialized pediatric bone marrow transplant (BMT) services for children and adolescents at all three Mayo Clinic locations:

• Mayo Clinic in Arizona has partnered with Phoenix Children's Hospital to provide bone marrow transplant for children. The transplant facility is located at Phoenix Children's Hospital.


• Mayo Clinic in Florida has joined with Nemours Children's Clinic and Wolfson Children's Hospital to offer bone marrow transplant for children.
  
• At Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, specialists in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology provide coordinated, multispecialty care for children of all ages. Children who are hospitalized for bone marrow transplant are patients at Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital, a family-friendly, colorful, specially designed children's hospital within Saint Marys Hospital.

Diseases treated

Children and adolescents with the following conditions may be candidates for a bone marrow transplant:

• Adenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
• Aplastic anemia (severe)
• Fanconi's anemia
• High grade gliomas (See primary brain tumors)
• Leukemia
  • Chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia)
  • Acute myelogeous leukemia
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia
• Myelodysplastic syndrome
• Hodgkin lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Medulloblastoma (See pediatric brain tumors)
• Metabolic/genetic-selected inborn error correctable with transplant
  • Diamond-Blackfan anemia
  • MPS VI
  • SCI
  • Thalassemia
• Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
• Sickle Cell anemia (See Anemia in Children)
• Solid tumors
  • Anaplastic astrocytoma
  • Clear cell sarcoma
  • Ewing sarcoma
  • Desmoplastic small round cell tumor
  • Hepatoblastoma
  • Germ cell tumor
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
  • Wilms' tumor

Treatment Team

In Minnesota, this treatment will involve specialists in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.

In Arizona, this treatment will involve specialists in Hematology and Oncology.

In Florida, this treatment will involve specialists in Hematology and Oncology.

Appointments

Anyone can request an appointment at Mayo Clinic. If a physician referral is required, our appointment staff will advise you. Some insurers require referrals, or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.

Online Requests

U.S. Patients

To request an appointment at our Arizona or Minnesota locations:

To request an appointment at our Florida location:

International Patients

Telephone Requests

U.S. Patients

Arizona

1-800-446-2279 (toll free) between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mountain time Monday through Friday.

Florida

For appointments or information concerning transplants for children and Nemours Children's Clinic, call 904-858-3992 or 904-858-3115 or visit their Web site.

Minnesota

507-538-3270 between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time Monday through Friday.

International Patients

Please refer to the international appointment section to request appointments via phone.