In 2002, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) performed its 149th non-myeloablative stem cell transplant, or ﾓminiﾔ bone marrow transplant. Pioneered by Dr. Rainer Storb and colleagues from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

The mini transplant is a radically different approach to conventional bone marrow transplantation thatﾒs less taxing to the patient.