title: Improving Outcome of Thalassemia with Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation: An Experience of Gujarat Cancer Research Institute.
abstract: Total 26 children of thalassemia underwent hematopoetic stem cell transplantation from September 2006 to December 2014. Out of these 17 were matched sibling transplantation (MST) and 9 were unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCT). Median age was 4 years. At a median follow up of 46.5 months, 12 of 17 (70 %) MST and 3 out of 9 (33.33 %) UCT were cured of thalassemia. Three (11.53 %) patients died due to transplant related mortality. Average cost of MST was 6 lakhs and that of UCT was 20 lakhs.
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Shreeniwas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raut
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Kamalesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Kinnari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Shailesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talati
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Harsha
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Panchal
authors.affiliation: GCRI, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
authors.forename: Apurva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
keywords: Allogenic hematopoetic stem cell transplantation; Matched sibling; Thalassemia; Umbilical cord