2016 Volume 51 Issue 2-3 Pages 193-198
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers potentially curative treatment for a wide range of otherwise fatal hematologic disorders, and the number of HSCT has continued to increase over the last 20 years, and more than 5,000 allogeneic and autologous HSCT are performed annually in recent years. A constant increase of allogeneic HSCT for older (aged over 50) patients, and an increase in the variety of donor/stem cell source such as cord blood from unrelated donors have led to this constant increase of HSCT in Japan. The transplant survival outcome also continues to improve and the assets for the improvement include the better supportive care, innovative transplant approaches and the establishment of transplant outcome registry.
