JAPAN MARROW DONOR PROGRAM (JMDP) AND DONOR COORDINATION

Rare donor program in Japan.

Unrelated bone marrow transplantation for non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a study from the Japan Marrow Donor Program.

There is little information available regarding the outcome of unrelated bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Therefore, we retrospectively analyzed the data of 124 patients who underwent unrelated BMT through the Japan Marrow Donor Program (JMDP) between July 1992 and August 2001. The overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), cumulative incidences of ...

Engraftment and survival after unrelated-donor bone marrow transplantation: a report from the national marrow donor program.

We analyzed engraftment of unrelated-donor (URD) bone marrow in 5246 patients who received transplants facilitated by the National Marrow Donor Program between August 1991 and June 1999. Among patients surviving at least 28 days, 4% had primary graft failure (failure to achieve an absolute neutrophil count > 5 x 10(8)/L before death or second stem-cell infusion). Multivariate logistic regressio...

Unrelated donor stem cell transplantation: the role of the National Marrow Donor Program.

Since its founding in 1986, the NMDP has facilitated more than 16,000 transplants for patients with blood disorders such as leukemia and aplastic anemia, as well as immune system disorders and genetic disorders. The donors who provided the blood stem cells for these transplants came from the NMDP Registry, the world's largest and most diverse registry of potential blood stem cell donors. Initia...

Recruiting unrelated donors for the National Marrow Donor Program.

Medical advances have made bone marrow transplantation the treatment of choice for certain hematologic diseases. For those patients eligible for a marrow transplant only about 30 percent find an HLA-compatible match within their families. Studies indicate that unrelated volunteers are willing to donate their marrow. The National Marrow Donor Program was formed in 1986 as a result of a federal c...