National Marrow Donor Program

Everett with his physician
Medical Coverage for Unrelated Hematopoietic Cell Transplants
As a payor approving medical coverage, you will find that for certain patients, hematopoietic cell transplantation can be the best choice of therapy.

Learn how patient survival is affected by transplant timing and diseases treated.
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Vital Concepts

DNA helix

  • Searching for well-matched unrelated hematopoietic cells is essential.
  • HLA tissue typing helps identify a closely matched unrelated donor or cord blood unit.
Outcomes
Growth of unrelated donor transplants
  • Patient survival outcomes show greater success when the transplant is performed early. 

  • Advances allow more patients to receive an unrelated hematopoietic cell transplant.

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