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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center-Peds

1275 York Avenue
Box 522
New York, NY 10065
Direct phone: (212) 639-7432
http://www.mskcc.org/pediatrics/blood-marrow-transplantation

Program Description:

Physicians at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have performed unrelated stem cell transplants since 1973. Many have also held leadership roles in the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) network, including chairperson of the Board and chairpersons of NMDP committees. Prior to 2010, the adult and pediatric transplant programs at MSKCC operated as a joint transplant program with combined reporting of data. The two programs are now independent NMDP transplant programs with separate outcomes reporting. The pediatric program data prior to 2010 can be accessed through the NMDP or by contacting MSKCC. Please see Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Adults for specific information regarding our adult BMT program.

Contact Information:

If you have transplant-related questions, please contact Courtney Byam, transplant center coordinator, at (212) 639-7432 or by e-mail at byamc@mskcc.org.

Program Type:

Pediatric

Attending Physicians:

(Medical Doctors)

Pediatric -

Farid Boulad, Kevin Curran, Aisha Hasan, Nancy A. Kernan, Rachel Kobos, Richard J. O'Reilly, Susan Prockop, Andromachi Scaradavou, Trudy Small

Transplants Performed:

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on:

Pediatric only

helpExplain Transplant Center HLA Match Requirements

Estimated Search & Transplant Costs

The costs for a transplant vary greatly from center to center and depend on factors such as health insurance, disease type and disease stage of the patient, as well as center-specific billing policies. Examples of costs in the search and transplant include:

  • The amount and geographic location of donors tested
  • Testing needed to confirm a match
  • Processing and collecting of tissue-typing samples
  • Donor workup testing needed
  • Getting the marrow, PBSC or cord blood unit for transplant

For the best understanding of costs of transplant and follow-up for a specific transplant center, contact the center's Financial Representative.

helpExplain Transplant Costs at Different Centers

Financial Services:


Financial services at this center could include:
  • Health insurance information
  • Financial assistance
  • Patient-related resources

Resources for financial information


If you have questions about costs and financial services at this transplant center, you can contact the center's financial representative.

Many organizations exist to help patients with lodging, transportation and other transplant-related expenses. Visit the National Marrow Donor Program's Patient Organizations database for more information. Financial assistance resources are also listed on this Web site.

Transplant Experience

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1973 and has been an NMDP transplant center since February 1988.

Transplants Reported

(From Jan. 2010 to Dec. 2011
as reported by the centers
)

      Unrelated or Related Donor

Auto-
logous

(PBSC or marrow)

Total

(by transplant type)

Total Non-
Myeloablative transplants*

Marrow

PBSC

Cord
Blood

Unrelated Donor - Adult 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Unrelated Donor - Pediatric 9 33 10 --- 52 1
Related Donor - Adult 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Related Donor - Pediatric 17 10 1 --- 28 2
Autologous - Adult --- --- --- 0 0 ---
Autologous - Pediatric --- --- --- 3 3 ---
Total (by cell source) 26 43 11 3 83 3

*The total Non-Myeloablative transplants column shows a subset of the total number of transplants by type.

To locate centers that perform cord blood transplants, use the search tool on this site.

The NMDP also has Transplants by Disease Charts available showing the number of NMDP coordinated transplants by disease category at each U.S. transplant center.

helpExplain Transplant Experience

Center-Specific Analysis

This analysis includes ONLY patients who received their FIRST ALLOGENEIC* transplant between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2010 using unrelated or related donors, and who had at least a 100-day follow-up.

  1. This center reported survival status data for 111 patients.
  2. The actual one-year survival of these patients is 73%.
  3. Based on a national average for patients like those transplanted at this center, 95% of the time the one-year survival is expected to be between 64% and 80% for patients at this center.
  4. This center's actual results are similar to the expected range for this center.

*Allogeneic means using cells from a person other than the patient.

For help with understanding these statistics, please see Understanding Transplant Outcomes (PDF).

Survival by Patient's Age, Disease Type and Stage

If you do not find your disease in the statistics below, it may be combined with other similar diseases in a category. Please refer to our broad disease categories page for more information.

Additional Information
Further information about this center, including the number and type of transplants performed in each of the last three years, and the support groups offered, may be found in the BMT InfoNet Transplant Center Directory: http://www.bmtinfonet.org/transplantcenters.

BMT InfoNet (Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network) is a nonprofit organization that provides information and emotional support to transplant patients and their families.

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