Family and carers

You don’t have to go through a stem cell transplant or CAR T-cell therapy alone. Anthony Nolan’s Helpline is here for you.

Advance care planning can be an important part of your stem cell transplant or cellular therapy treatment. Here, we’ll explain what an advance care plan is, how you can create your own, and why they’re important for everyone to think about.

Anthony Nolan’s health information for patients and families affected by stem cell transplant or CAR T-cell therapy is evidence-based, up-to-date and accessible. This means you can trust our information to be accurate and useful. Hopefully, it can empower you to make sense of your situation and make the best decisions for your future.

CAR T-cell therapy recovery comes with its own challenges. This information will explain what you can expect, focusing on side effects and how to support your own recovery.

There are a few stages when you have CAR T-cell therapy. In this information, we’ll explain each of these stages so you know exactly what to expect.

There is some preparation needed before you have CAR T-cell therapy. This information will explain the tests and other treatment you might have. It will also give you some tips and suggestions.

This is a brief guide to Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy, a type of treatment you may be offered if previous treatment, such as chemotherapy, is unsuccessful. CAR T-cell therapy is an evolving treatment and is currently only available for specific types of blood cancer.

If you’ve found out that you need a stem cell transplant, one of your options might be a haploidentical transplant, which uses stem cells from a relative. On this page we’ll explain what this means, how it works and why you might need one.

If you’ve found out that you need a stem cell transplant, sometimes your biological sibling can be your stem cell donor. On this page we’ll explain what sibling transplants mean, how they work and why you might need one.

If you have a condition that affects your blood or bone marrow, you might need a type of stem cell transplant. Autologous stem cell transplants use existing stem cells from your own body. On this page, we explain what this means and what the transplant involves.