Stem Cell Transplantation
Consultations & Second Opinions
To schedule a new patient appointment or second-opinion consult, please contact the Stem Cell Transplant Patient Coordinator at (617) 632-3961 or via email at pedi_sct@dfci.harvard.edu. You may also reach us through our toll-free number, (888) PEDI-ONC (888-733-4662).
To help us conduct a precise evaluation, it is important that we receive a complete clinical summary that describes your child's course of treatment from the time he or she was initially diagnosed. This includes available laboratory or pathology reports, patient and family HLA typing, X-ray, radiographic or MRI images, as well as a list of any previous treatments your child may have received. Please have available as much of the following information as possible when you call and when you come for your first appointment:
Patient information
- · Date of birth
- · Address
- · Parent or guardian contact information
- · Insurance information
Complete clinical summary
- Physician's name and contact information
- Diagnosis, or working diagnosis, and list of presenting symptoms
- MRI/CAT scan films
- Pathology slides and reports
- Operative note, if surgery was performed
- Radiation therapeutic summary, if radiation was delivered
- Copy of protocol, if chemotherapy was administered
- Comprehensive list of previous chemotherapeutic agents, with dates and doses, if chemotherapy was administered
- HLA typing on patient and family members
