Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Location
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Ave
Dana 2073
Boston, MA 2215
Direct phone: (617) 632-5138
http://www.dana-farber.org/
Total transplants by cell source
- Marrow: 150
- PBSC: 540
- Cord Blood: 12
- Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 494
About the center
Overview
Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program is an adult oncology effort of Dana-Farber and the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital work together to provide pediatric stem cell transplantation.
This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1984 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since March 1989.
Attending physicians
Adult - Joseph H. Antin, Phillipe Armand, Corey Cutler, Christopher Gibson, Mahasweta Gooptu, Vincent Ho, Amar Kelkar, John Koreth, Sarah Nikiforow, Rizwan Romee, Roman Shapiro, Robert Soiffer
Pediatric - Suneet Agarwal, Francesca Alvarez Calderon, Susanne Baumeister, Christy Duncan, Ulrike Gerdemann, Lev Gorfinkel, Emily Heikamp, Malika Kapadia, Amy Keating, Leslie Lehmann, Miki Nishitani, Susan Prockop, Jared Rowe, Grant Rowe, Takuto Takahashi, Christina Ullrich, Franziska Wachter, Lara Wahlster
Transplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord
Cord blood transplants performed on
Adult and pediatric
Other programs and services
Discounted and free housing resources on a need basis.
Overall center survival
Patient survival information for this center
Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are above the expected rate for this center.
The survival information we have for this center includes ONLY:
- Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2019, 2020, 2021, and
- Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
- Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis
For this center, we have survival information for 759 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 79.3%.
Compared to similar patients transplanted at all centers in the U.S., we expect that the 1-year survival for patients at this center to be in a range between 71.2% and 77.2%.
For help with understanding these statistics, please see Understanding Transplant Outcomes.
For overall survival for all patients transplanted with a specific disease, please see U.S. Patient Survival report at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are similar to the expected rate for this center.
The survival information we have for this center includes ONLY:
- Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2019, 2020, 2021, and
- Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
- Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis
For this center, we have survival information for 171 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 88.7%.
Compared to similar patients transplanted at all centers in the U.S., we expect that the 1-year survival for patients at this center to be in a range between 78.6% and 89.2%.
For help with understanding these statistics, please see Understanding Transplant Outcomes.
For overall survival for all patients transplanted with a specific disease, please see U.S. Patient Survival report at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.
Number of adult transplants
Total adult transplants
956
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 12 | 149 | 0 | 161 |
Unrelated donor | ||||
Total allogeneic | 55 | 518 | 0 | 573 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 383 |
-- | 383 | ||
Total combined | ||||
956 | 0 | 956 |
Number of pediatric transplants
Total pediatric transplants
240
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 43 | 8 | 2 | 53 |
Unrelated donor | 52 | 14 | 10 | 76 |
Total allogeneic | 95 | 22 | 12 | 129 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 111 |
-- | 111 | ||
Total combined | ||||
228 | 12 | 240 |
Transplants by disease
All diseases
Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 (includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)
0-18 | 19-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Related | 45 | 50 | 76 | 36 | 207 |
Unrelated | 70 | 82 | 161 | 173 | 486 |
Autologous | 104 | 83 | 211 | 96 | 494 |
Total | 219 | 215 | 448 | 305 | 1187 |
Treatments may be similar for diseases within a group. It might be helpful to look at centers that have done transplants for a specific disease and centers that have done transplants for any corresponding broad disease categories.
Centers are not required to report autologous transplants so the numbers might be incomplete.
More information about transplants for this disease can be found:
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center report at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov
- List of diseases
Additional information
Transplant center resources
Transplant center coordinator:
Gregory Bourdeau
(617) 632-5846
Email: gregory_bourdeau@dfci.harvard.edu
Financial representative:
Mariah Edwards
Email:
mariah_edwards@dfci.harvard.edu
NMDP patient navigators
Patient navigators can answer your questions about choosing a transplant center and provide support and education to help you throughout your transplant journey.
Inside the United States: 1 (888) 999-6743
Outside the United States: 1 (763) 406-3410.
(Long distance or international charges may apply.)
Email: patientinfo@nmdp.org