Blood cancer may take many forms and at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center we treat them all. However, leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma occur more frequently in our Bay Area community. Alta Bates Summit provides expertise care for these cancers by staying involved in cancer research, medical technologies, and enhanced training. If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma, you can be sure that our clinical teams are highly trained and will provide you with the best possible care.

Our Programs: To learn more about the hematologic resources and clinical programs at Alta Bates Summit, use the links below.
o Comprehensive Cancer Center
o Markstein Cancer Education & Prevention Services
o Radiation Therapy Services at the Summit Campus

About Our Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Program
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center is very proud to acknowledge our Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, the first such program in Northern California. Modeled after programs typically found only in university settings, our program supports and encourages close partnerships between patients and the transplanting physician who guides treatment from consultation through the post-transplant follow-up period.

The BMT program, accredited by the Foundation for the Accrditation of Cellular Therapy, participates in international transplant registries and in the National Marrow Donor Program. Donors from all over the western United States come to Alta Bates Summit Medical Center to donate stem cells to recipients with life-threatening illnesses who need a transplant but do not have a matched donor on the family. For more information about becoming a donor to help foster clinical research, please call (510) 204-7826. This ongoing program uses paid donors of both white blood cells and bone marrow for laboratory research only. NO human studies are done in this program.

The BMT program has an inpatient unit at Alta Bates Campus and a cryopreservation laboratory and pheresis unit at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Herrick Campus.

Our Doctors: Use the link below to select an Alta Bates Summit physician.
o Select a Hematologist or Medical Oncologist for the treatment of blood cancers.

Health Information Library: For physician-written articles about leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and related topics, visit our Health Information Library.