A Singapore private oncology group whose services include haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for blood cancers.
Parkway Cancer Centre is a private oncology service in Singapore. Its website covers the full range of cancer treatment, and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, the transplantation of blood-forming stem cells, is described as one of its treatments rather than as its main business.
The centre's stem cell therapy page sets out three ways in which stem cells are collected. Bone marrow transplantation takes cells from the spongy tissue inside the bones. Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation collects them from the bloodstream, often after growth factors have been given to raise their concentration. Cord blood transplantation uses blood taken from the placenta and umbilical cord after delivery, which the site says is collected without harm to the baby.
The page distinguishes autologous transplantation, in which the stem cells come from the patient who will receive them, from allogeneic transplantation, in which a donor who may or may not be a relative provides them. This is standard haematology practice rather than a regenerative medicine offering.
The conditions described are blood cancers: multiple myeloma, leukaemia, lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma. The site explains the purpose of transplantation as helping patients recover from the effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and helping to clear remaining cancer cells. No individual consultant, street address or price was published on the pages read; enquiries are directed through an appointment request.
The centre's stem cell page names the following blood cancers.
The site describes haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, collected from bone marrow, from the bloodstream or from umbilical cord blood, and given either from the patient's own store or from a donor.
The pages read did not name individual specialists.
The pages read describe the centre's treatments but not its premises. No street address, department telephone number, bed numbers or accreditation details were published on the stem cell page or the pages reached from it; the site directs prospective patients to an appointment request form instead. Anyone wishing to know exactly where treatment would take place would need to ask the centre directly.
The site says nothing about the cost of stem cell transplantation on the pages read. No prices or ranges are published.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.