Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Support Services

July 23, 2025

This page was reviewed under our medical and editorial policy by Anna Pawlowska, M.D., clinical professor, and Nicole Karras, M.D., associate clinical professor, Department of Pediatrics, City of Hope® Cancer Center Duarte.

Patients who come to City of Hope for ​​pediatric stem cell transplant procedures automatically gain access to a broad range of support services to help you and your family during and after transplantation.

Life Before, During and After a Childhood Stem Cell Transplant

Undergoing a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) can have a major impact on a child’s quality of life, and it also affects the entire family. The care team may refer to HSCT as a stem cell transplant or bone marrow transplant.

Our support team can help you with all of these pediatric bone marrow and stem cell transplant concerns, and more:

  • Evaluating bone marrow or stem cell donors to help find a match
  • Managing complications arising during the HSCT process, both for inpatients and after discharge form the hospital
  • Navigating digestive side effects of pediatric HSCT, such as nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite
  • Managing muscle weakness and atrophy due to stem cell transplantation
  • Supporting patients and their families with dedicated behavioral health services
  • Preserving fertility for pediatric patients who may want to have a family in the future
  • Monitoring patients throughout pediatric stem cell transplant survivorship to help them remain healthy
  • A dedicated support group for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
  • Navigating family, school and work concerns
  • Providing support through small groups so survivors can talk through their shared challenges
  • Collaborating with primary care providers and other specialists to provide cohesive care across experts
  • A chronic graft vs. host disease (GVHD) clinic to support patients who experience GVHD
  • Offering dedicated tutors who work one-on-one with patients who aren’t able to go to school due to their stem cell transplantation

Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Survivorship Program

City of Hope provides all patients diagnosed with cancer or other illnesses before age 40 with access to our Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Survivorship Program. Here, you’ll see the care team once a year in a clinic created and designed with childhood survivors in mind. You’ll have access to our support resources so you can stay healthy for as long as possible.

Learn more about our Childhood, Adolescent And Young Adult Survivorship Program.

(877) 460-4673