University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
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Transplant Summary
Overview
Excellence in patient care is the centerpiece of our program. It rests on continued research, both in the laboratory and at the bedside. As part of the NCI-designated Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, we are fully committed to research that leads to improvements in the outcome of this therapy.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1980 and has been an NMDP transplant center since July 1987.
Attending physicians
Adult - Umar Farooq, Margarida de Magalhaes-Silverman, Kit Poonsombudlert, Hira Shaikh, Chris Strouse
Pediatric - Grinde Krista, Rajat SharmaTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult and pediatricOther programs and services
Our hospital works closely with the Ronald McDonald House, Hope Lodge and has a contract with a local hotel to help provide housing for patients and families. Our Children's Hospital provides tutoring services from late August to early June to help meet the child's schooling needs.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 167 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 79%.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 70.3% and 82.5%.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
229
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow4PBSC14Cord blood0Total18Unrelated donorMarrow0PBSC62Cord blood0Total62Total allogeneicMarrow4PBSC76Cord blood0Total80AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 149PBSC—Cord blood—Total149Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 229PBSC—Cord blood0Total229Total pediatric transplants
10
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow4PBSC1Cord blood1Total6Unrelated donorMarrow0PBSC0Cord blood2Total2Total allogeneicMarrow4PBSC1Cord blood3Total8AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 2PBSC—Cord blood—Total2Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 7PBSC—Cord blood3Total10All 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 0-18619-44645-64965+3Total24Unrelated 0-18219-442245-643265+8Total64Autologous 0-18319-442645-646765+55Total151Total 0-181119-445445-6410865+66Total239Treatments 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
If you have questions about costs and financial services at this center, please call the transplant center’s direct phone number.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
This center has separate survivorship programs for adult and pediatric patients.
Please select the program you are interested in.