TY - JOUR
T1 - Umbilical cord blood collection, storage and transplantation
T2 - Issues and recommendations for expectant parents and patients
AU - Smith, Franklin O.
AU - Kurtzberg, Joanne
AU - Karson, Evelyn M.
AU - Howe, Craig W.S.
AU - Wilfond, Benjamin
AU - Broxmeyer, Hal E.
AU - Mastroianni, Anna C.
AU - Gross, Samuel
AU - Sugarmanj, Jeremy
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Clinical investigators have recently explored the suitability of umbilical cord blood as an alternative source of hematopoietic stem cells for children and adults in need of transplantation who do not have suitably matched bone marrow donors. Despite the great benefits that cord blood may offer patients in need of a transplant procedure, there exists a number of uncertainties regarding cord blood banking and transplantation. To better delineate the issues pertaining to cord blood collection, storage and transplantation and to formulate recommendations that may be helpful to patients and expectant parents, a meeting of individuals with expertise in pédiatrie hematology/oncology, stem cell transplantation, obstetrics, cord blood banking, cord blood biology, ethics, law, and governmental regulation was convened. In this report, we summarize the proceedings of that meeting and attempt to clarify many of the complex issues expectant parents and patients may confront regarding cord blood collection, banking and transplantation.
AB - Clinical investigators have recently explored the suitability of umbilical cord blood as an alternative source of hematopoietic stem cells for children and adults in need of transplantation who do not have suitably matched bone marrow donors. Despite the great benefits that cord blood may offer patients in need of a transplant procedure, there exists a number of uncertainties regarding cord blood banking and transplantation. To better delineate the issues pertaining to cord blood collection, storage and transplantation and to formulate recommendations that may be helpful to patients and expectant parents, a meeting of individuals with expertise in pédiatrie hematology/oncology, stem cell transplantation, obstetrics, cord blood banking, cord blood biology, ethics, law, and governmental regulation was convened. In this report, we summarize the proceedings of that meeting and attempt to clarify many of the complex issues expectant parents and patients may confront regarding cord blood collection, banking and transplantation.
KW - Cancer
KW - Placental blood
KW - Stem cell transplantation
KW - Umbilical cord blood
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034022881
SN - 1064-0525
VL - 10
SP - 217
EP - 226
JO - Cancer Research, Therapy and Control
JF - Cancer Research, Therapy and Control
IS - 3
ER -