TY - JOUR
T1 - The National Marrow Donor Program
T2 - how it works, accomplishments to date.
AU - Mc Cullough, Jeffrey
AU - Hansen, J.
AU - Perkins, H.
AU - Stroncek, D.
AU - Bartsch, G.
PY - 1989/2/1
Y1 - 1989/2/1
N2 - As the use of bone marrow transplantation increases, the lack of a suitable matched sibling donor for approximately 60% of patients is a growing problem. Recently, marrow transplantation has been done successfully using HLA-matched unrelated donors. In an effort to provide more donors, the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) was established. It involves 50 blood banks and 20 marrow transplant centers throughout the United States. More than 20,000 HLA-typed apheresis donors from these blood banks have agreed to be listed in the NMDP registry. A preliminary search for donors has been carried out for 1,116 patients. Donors suitably matched for HLA-A and B antigens were located for 99% of the patients.
AB - As the use of bone marrow transplantation increases, the lack of a suitable matched sibling donor for approximately 60% of patients is a growing problem. Recently, marrow transplantation has been done successfully using HLA-matched unrelated donors. In an effort to provide more donors, the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) was established. It involves 50 blood banks and 20 marrow transplant centers throughout the United States. More than 20,000 HLA-typed apheresis donors from these blood banks have agreed to be listed in the NMDP registry. A preliminary search for donors has been carried out for 1,116 patients. Donors suitably matched for HLA-A and B antigens were located for 99% of the patients.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024609764&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0024609764&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Review article
C2 - 2701411
AN - SCOPUS:0024609764
SN - 0890-9091
VL - 3
SP - 63-68, 72
JO - Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.)
JF - Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.)
IS - 2
ER -