Augusta University Medical Center
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the Georgia Cancer Center is comprised of a 12-bed inpatient unit. The program is accredited through the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT). This center has been performing autologous transplants since 1997, allogeneic transplants since 2000, haploidentical transplants since 2014, cord transplants since 2015, and has been an NMDP transplant center since February 2010. CART therapy since 2021. Disease treated are aplastic anemia, amyloidosis, hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemias, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, myelofibroisis, and non-hodgkins lymphoma to name a few.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2000 and has been an NMDP transplant center since February 2010.
Attending physicians
Adult - Locke Bryan, Anand Jillella, Amany Keruakous, Vamsi KotaTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult onlyOther programs and services
Discounted lodging is available for patients and a caregiver thru the Lydia House and contracts with local hotels. Patient support group, and wig boutique onsite.Patient survival information for this 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 2020, 2021, 2022 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 76 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 67.8%.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 59.9% and 79.4%.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 (Opens in a new tab) at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.* The expected survival rate for a transplant center can be below, similar to, or above the range listed. This is based on comparing patient survival at all centers that treated patients with similar diseases.
The survival rate cannot tell how you will do with your transplant. Talk to your doctor to understand your prognosis or the likely course of your disease.
Total adult transplants
216
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow1PBSC21Cord blood0Total22Unrelated donorMarrow4PBSC25Cord blood1Total30Total allogeneicMarrow5PBSC46Cord blood1Total52AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 164PBSC—Cord blood—Total164Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 215PBSC—Cord blood1Total216All Diseases
Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2022 to December 31st, 2023(includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)
0-18 19-44 45-64 65+ Total Related 0-18019-441045-64865+4Total22Unrelated 0-18019-44845-641465+8Total30Autologous 0-18019-442145-646865+75Total164Total 0-18019-443945-649065+87Total216Treatments 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 can be found:
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab) report at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
- List of diseases
Transplant center resources
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
More resources
- Choosing a transplant center
- Preparing for transplant
- Learn about transplant outcomes and treatment decisions (Opens in a new tab)
- Support and resources (including non-English materials)
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab) at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
No survivorship program information is available. Contact the center for information about post-transplant care.