The types of bone marrow transplant are:
1) Autologous BMT - Where a patient’s own stem cells are given as rescue therapy following high dose chemotherapy as in multiple myeloma, refractive lymph, and certain paediatric solid tumours.
2) Allogeneic BMT - Where stem cells of the donor are given to the patient after conditioning chemotherapy to treat the underlying condition. Types of Allogeneic BMT further are:
- Matched family donor BMT - Full HLA match within the family, especially siblings
- Matched unrelated donor BMT - HLA matched donors outside the family from stem cell registry
- Haploidentical BMT - Half matched within the donor’s family, there are two types: Post-transplant Cyclophosphamide (PTCy) and T-cell depleted BMT