Four articles document equivalent outcomes after cord blood transplants as compared to outcomes using matched sibling donors or matched unrelated donors. These publications are from the University of Minnesota, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center. See Section I. Recent Reviews, Citations 1-4
Note: Outcomes after CB transplantation compared with sibling donor and matched unrelated donor transplants will be discussed in presentations by Drs. Kurtzberg (Duke University), Brunstein (U. Minnesota), Ponce (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) and Rocha (Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France) at the 8th Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium, June 3-5, 2010 in San Francisco. See: www.cordbloodsymposium.org
