Minako Iida, Kaiyan Liu, Xiao Jun Huang, He Huang, Yachiyo Kuwatsuka, Joon Ho Moon, Jong Wook Lee, Kavitha M Lakshmi, Anthony Dodds, Leonie Wilcox, Bor-Sheng Ko, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Maryam Behfar, Kim Wah Ho, Udomsak Bunworasate, Aloysius Ho, Tasneem Farzana, Joycelyn Sim, Phu Chi Dung, Mafruha Akter, Wasantha Ratnayake, Marjorie Rose Bravo, Aye Aye Gyi, Damai Santosa, Bishesh Sharma Poudyal, Khishigjargal Batshkh, Alok Srivastava, Shinichiro Okamoto, Yoshiko Atsuta
The number of hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (HCTs) is increasing annually worldwide, and the Asia-Pacific (AP) region is no exception. We report on the absolute number of HCTs in 2018 and 2019 and the trends in graft selection and disease indication in the past few decades. In 2018, 24,292 HCTs were performed in the AP region, of which 8,754 (36.0%) were autologous and 15,538 (64.0%) were allogeneic. Among the allogeneic HCTs, 10,552 (67.9%) of the recipients were related to their donors, whereas 4,986 (32...
November 25, 2023: Blood Cell Ther