5 years DKMS Chile: approach, results and impact of the first unrelated stem cell donor center in Chile.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is performed worldwide to treat blood cancer and other life-threatening blood disorders. As successful transplantation requires an HLA-compatible donor, unrelated donor centers and registries have been established worldwide to identify donors for patients without a family match. Ethnic minorities are underrepresented in large donor registries. Matching probabilities are higher when donors and patients share the same ethnic background, making it desirable to increase the diversity of the global donor pool by recruiting donors in new regions. Here, we report the establishment and the first 5 years of operation of the first unrelated stem cell donor center in Chile, a high-income country in South America with

SUBMITTER: Barriga F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10601464 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature