The bone marrow transplant referral centre for Queensland, based in the haematology department of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital at Herston.
The haematology and bone marrow transplant department at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital describes itself on the Metro North Health site as the clinical haematology referral centre for Metro North and central Queensland and as the bone marrow transplant referral centre for the whole state. It is a large service: the page says it employs fifteen haematologists, with sub-specialisation in areas including transplantation and haemophilia, and offers telehealth consultations and outreach to regional areas.
The service provides both main forms of transplant. According to the health service's stem cell transplantation page, an autologous transplant uses the patient's own stem cells, collected in advance and returned after high-dose chemotherapy, while an allogeneic transplant uses cells donated by a genetically matched donor and carries greater risk. Where no matched donor is available, the page describes haploidentical transplantation using a partially matched relative - typically a parent, sibling or child who is about a fifty per cent match. The hospital's own service page confirms allogeneic stem cell and bone marrow transplants from both related and unrelated donors.
The page explains how the cells are obtained: stem cells are mobilised out of the bone marrow using chemotherapy together with a growth factor called granulocyte colony stimulating factor, then collected from the circulating blood using a cell separator machine, processed and frozen for storage until they are needed. The conditions named are blood cancers including leukaemia, and aplastic anaemia, where the blood-forming cells have been damaged by high-dose chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
The service states that it holds accreditation from the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy, an international standard for transplant and cellular therapy programmes. This is haematopoietic stem cell transplantation as part of cancer and blood-disorder treatment, and it is not the same thing as the injected cell treatments offered by private regenerative clinics. The pages give telephone numbers but no street address, and say nothing about cost; this is a Queensland public hospital service reached by referral.
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The service describes transplantation of blood-forming stem cells mobilised from the marrow into the bloodstream, collected by a cell separator machine and frozen until the transplant.
The service page names its director and acting deputy director and says the department employs fifteen haematologists in total.
The service is based on Level 5 of the Joyce Tweddell Building at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital at Herston. It describes itself as the state-wide referral centre for bone marrow transplant, staffed by fifteen haematologists, and holding accreditation from the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy. Telehealth consultations and outreach services to regional areas are offered. The pages retrieved give several direct telephone numbers but no street address, and list no languages.
The pages say nothing about cost. This is a Queensland public hospital service reached by referral.
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.