University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
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Transplant Summary
Overview
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center is located on University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center campus. UH Seidman Cancer Center is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), accredited by Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), and NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center with nationally recognized faculty and physician scientists, state-of-the-art medical equipment and an uplifting patient-focused environment. Our program is a combined Adult and Pediatric program. We have affiliations with both the Children's Oncology Group (COG) and are a core center of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (BMT CTN). Our center is an authorized center for Tecartus, Yescarta, Kymriah, Breyanzi, Carvykti, and Abecma Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR T-cell) Therapy.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1976 and has been an NMDP transplant center since May 1991.
Attending physicians
Adult - Ok-kyong Chaekal, Brenda Cooper, Changchun Deng, Molly Gallogly, Brett Glotzbecker, James Ignatz-Hoover, Rebecca Klisovic, Leland Metheny, Timothy O'Brien, Ariel Sindel, Benjamin Tomlinson, Koen van Besien, Ali W. Bseiso
Pediatric - Jignesh Dalal, Mari Dallas, Rachel Egler, Lisa Hackney, Verania Huerta Urrutia, Duncan Stearns, Kristen VanHeyst, Chris Wong CiepielTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult and pediatricOther programs and services
There are several options available to our patients and families/caregivers. Hotels: we do have several local hotels that are willing to provide our patients with discounted rates for the families and patients while undergoing treatment. Courtyard by Marriott: This facility is located across the street from Seidman Cancer Center. Long term stay discounts are granted to families/patients. Hope Lodge: affiliated with the American Cancer Society. This facility offers free housing for all patients, family members and the caregiver team. You must be 18 years and older to stay at Hope Lodge. The center consists of a library, activities, for all, private rooms, common area, and kitchen. Hope Lodge is steps away from the Seidman Cancer Center. There is a free shuttle available for transport Housing is arranged pre-transplant as needed for patients who live further than 60 minutes or are in need of special accommodations. The Transplant House of Cleveland has 15 fully furnished apartments that can be leased for a small fee. These apartments are within walking distance or shuttle service to the main hospital. Additionally, Ronald McDonald House offers free housing for applicable pediatric patients and families and is located within a few blocks of our center.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 96 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 77.1%.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 68.4% and 84.7%.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
169
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow1PBSC30Cord blood0Total31Unrelated donorMarrow0PBSC35Cord blood16Total51Total allogeneicMarrow1PBSC65Cord blood16Total82AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 87PBSC—Cord blood—Total87Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 153PBSC—Cord blood16Total169Total pediatric transplants
19
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow5PBSC0Cord blood0Total5Unrelated donorMarrow1PBSC2Cord blood0Total3Total allogeneicMarrow6PBSC2Cord blood0Total8AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 11PBSC—Cord blood—Total11Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 19PBSC—Cord blood0Total19All 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 0-18519-44745-641565+9Total36Unrelated 0-18319-44645-643065+15Total54Autologous 0-181119-441345-643765+37Total98Total 0-181919-442645-648265+61Total188Treatments 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
This center has separate survivorship programs for adult and pediatric patients.
Please select the program you are interested in.