Victorian public hospital service at The Alfred in Melbourne treating blood cancers with autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies.
The Malignant Haematology, Transplantation and Cellular Therapies service is part of Alfred Health, the Victorian public health service that runs The Alfred in Melbourne along with Caulfield and Sandringham hospitals. Its page describes the service as treating blood cancers and performing stem cell transplantation.
According to the site, the service carries out both allogeneic transplants, using stem cells donated by a family member or an unrelated donor, and autologous transplants, which use the patient's own stem cells. The page reports more than 120 transplant procedures a year, and cites figures for 2016 to 2017 of over 110 stem cell transplants, made up of 47 allogeneic and 67 autologous procedures. These are activity figures rather than outcome claims; the site does not publish survival or success rates.
The service runs three named specialty clinics: a myeloid and leukaemia clinic, a plasma cell disorder clinic for myeloma, and a late effects clinic for people dealing with the longer term consequences of cancer treatment. Conditions named include bone marrow diseases such as leukaemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma and related plasma cell disorders.
Professor Andrew Spencer is named as Head of Service. The service is based at The Alfred on Commercial Road in Melbourne and operates weekdays. Although the service title includes cellular therapies, the page itself does not set out what cellular therapies beyond stem cell transplantation are offered, and it makes no mention of CAR-T cell therapy.
The conditions below are those named on the service's own page.
The site states that the service performs allogeneic stem cell transplants, using donated cells from a family member or unrelated donor, and autologous stem cell transplants using the patient's own cells.
The service page names one clinician as its head.
The service is based at The Alfred, a major Victorian public teaching hospital at 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne. The page lists weekday opening hours of Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm, and gives a direct telephone and fax line for the service. Alfred Health also operates Caulfield Hospital and Sandringham Hospital, but this service is located at The Alfred.
The service page gives no costs or fees. It is a Victorian public hospital service, so charging follows the public health system rather than a published price list.
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.