Unrelated Donor Search & Transplant

Improvements in unrelated donor transplantation

In recent years, the number of hematopoietic cell transplants using an unrelated donor or cord blood unit (blood or marrow transplants — BMT) has increased as outcomes have improved. Outcomes support consideration of an unrelated donor or cord blood unit whenever transplant is indicated and no matching sibling is available.

• Trends in Allogeneic Transplants  
• Improvements in Unrelated Donor Transplantation  
• Comparing Unrelated Donor to Sibling Donor Transplant  
• NMDP Transplant Outcomes  

Searching for an unrelated donor

Incorporating the potential for an unrelated donor or cord blood transplant into a comprehensive treatment plan and initiating the search for a donor or cord blood unit early improve the likelihood of a successful outcome.

• Effective Planning for Unrelated Donor Transplant  
• Searching for an Unrelated Donor or Cord Blood Unit 
• Likelihood of Finding an Unrelated Donor or Cord Blood Unit  
• HLA Matching for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation  

25 years of advances

In 2012, the National Marrow Donor Program^®, which operates Be The Match^®, celebrated its 25th anniversary and facilitation of 50,000 unrelated donor transplants. View a short video to learn about key transplant research findings and advances.