Info

unrelated_donor

  • BM or PBSC from URDs identified through NMDP

Advantages

  • W/ improved HLA typing, outcomes w/ 8/8-matched URD have become closer to those w/ MRD (eg, Leukemia 2010;24:1276)

Disadvantages

  • Higher GVHD vs. related, especially if mismatch
  • Longer process of procuring graft
  • Likelihood of matched URD highly dependent on race (NEJM 2014;371:339)