Banner University Medical Center - Tucson
Location
1625 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85724
Direct phone: (520) 694-2873
Toll-free: (800) 524-5928.
http://azcc.arizona.edu/patients/clinic/bmt-leukemia
Total transplants by cell source
- Marrow: 17
- PBSC: 30
- Cord Blood: 0
- Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 76
About the center
Overview
Banner University Medical Center's Hematopoietic Cell Therapy and Transplant Program started in 1998 and has been Foundation for Accreditation of Cellular Therapy-accredited since 2000. The Program was certified for its first Immune Effector Cell Therapy in 2018, and currently offers multiple Immune Effector Cell Therapy options both inpatient and outpatient. The Arizona Cancer Center is an National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Research is conducted in cooperation with National Institutes of Health, Social Work Oncology Group and Children's Oncology Group. A team of experienced physicians, nurses, social workers, laboratory and support staff work together to provide the highest level of care to adult and pediatric patients and their families.
This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1988 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since September 1993.
Attending physicians
Adult - Krisstina Gowin, Muhammad Husnain, Sharad Khurana, Ravi Krishnadasan, Abhijeet Kumar
Pediatric - Emmanuel Katsanis, Holly Pariury, Laurel Truscott
Transplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord
Cord blood transplants performed on
Adult and pediatric
Other programs and services
The HCTT Program at Banner University Medical Center-Tucson offers a variety of services to assist transplant patients and their families. Services include social workers, child-life resources, and a nearby Ronald McDonald House.
Overall center survival
Patient survival information for this center
Banner University Medical Center Tucson - Adults
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 31 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 77.4%.
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 60.9% and 89.9%.
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.
Banner University Medical Center Tucson - Pediatrics
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 33 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 90.8%.
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 72.5% and 95.9%.
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
93
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
Unrelated donor | ||||
Total allogeneic | 3 | 18 | 0 | 21 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 72 |
-- | 72 | ||
Total combined | ||||
93 | 0 | 93 |
Number of pediatric transplants
Total pediatric transplants
30
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 14 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
Unrelated donor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total allogeneic | 14 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 4 |
-- | 4 | ||
Total combined | ||||
30 | 0 | 30 |
Transplants by disease
All diseases
Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 (includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)
0-18 | 19-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Related | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 |
Unrelated | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Autologous | 3 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 76 |
Total | 22 | 23 | 40 | 38 | 123 |
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:
Eliza Grigsby
520-694-0374
Email: eliza.grigsby@bannerhealth.com
Financial representative:
Merinda Flynn
(520) 694-1977
Email:
merinda.flynn@bannerhealth.com
Be The Match 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
More resources
Survivorship program
This center has separate survivorship programs for adult and pediatric patients.
Please select the program you are interested in.