Transplant and Cellular Therapies Team
The Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Center at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center offers several treatment choices for people with blood cancers. Our program is the only stem cell transplant and cellular therapy program in New Mexico, and it holds FACT Accreditation.
“Perhaps the best kept secret, for many cancer patients, is that they do not need to leave New Mexico to access cutting edge cellular therapy. The UNM Cancer Center provides both autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation, as well as CAR T cell therapy for the vast majority of diagnostic indications. For many patients, the luxury of being treated close to home, at an NCI-designated Cancer Center with cutting edge cell therapy research opportunities, is a winning combination.”
– Matthew Fero, MD, FACP
Bone Marrow Stem Cell Program Director
Comprehensive Transplant and Cell Therapy Care in New Mexico!
Our team follows you from the beginning of your cellular therapy treatment through completion. We offer:
- Autologous stem cell transplants. For some diagnoses, such as lymphoma or myeloma, this transplant may be right for you. An autologous transplant means that you will receive your own stem cells. This procedure allows you to receive higher and more effective doses of chemotherapy, while ensuring a rapid recovery of blood cell counts.
- Allogeneic stem cell transplants. If you have leukemia or other blood and bone marrow diseases, this may be best for you. This procedure can help you by replacing your unhealthy bone marrow with bone marrow stem cells from a donor. With this treatment your transplant physician will customize the dose and choice of chemotherapy to best suit your health status and the severity of your disease.
- Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy. If you have a blood cancer that isn’t responding to other therapies, this therapy may help you. It uses a modified subset of your own white blood cells to enhance your immune system so that you can fight your blood cancer.
- Transplant Long Term Follow Up: The UNM Transplant Team has decades of experience managing unique issues that can arise after cell therapies including chronic graft vs. host disease, an inflammatory reaction that may occur after allogeneic transplant. These services don't just benefit patients treated at UNM. Patients treated around the country have benefited from the personal care and expertise of the UNM team.
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Cutting Edge Research: As an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and member of the SWOG and ECOG cancer treatment networks, UNM should be the first place to consider for participating in cutting edge research opportunities close to home!