National Registry of Bone Marrow Transplantation in Children-1988-

Abstract

The Bone Marrow Transplantation Committee of the Society has conducted an annual registry of bone marrow transplantation in children in Japan since 1983. As of June 30, 1988, 410 patients had received transplants and were registered from 47 institutions. Bone marrow transplantation was performed in 114 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (45 alive), 83 cases of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (54 alive), 16 cases of chronic myelocytic leukemia (13 alive), 4 cases of juvenile-type chronic myelocytic leukemia (4 alive), 29 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (17 alive), 72 cases of malignant solid tumors (28 alive), 57 cases of aplastic anemia (52 alive), 22 cases of severe combined immune deficiency (8 alive), and 13 other cases (11 alive). The details are reported in this paper.