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University of Colorado Hospital

Blood and Marrow Transplant
1665 Aurora Court
PO Box 6510, Mail Stop F-704
Aurora, CO 80045
Direct phone: (720) 848-0300
http://www.uch.edu

Program Description:

   The University of Colorado program is the only transplant program in the Rocky Mountain region affiliated with a comprehensive NCI-designated Cancer Center. This provides unique opportunities for collaborations and access to academic resources.

Contact Information:

   If you have transplant-related questions, please contact Christine Koch, transplant center coordinator, at (720) 848-0241 or by e-mail at christine.koch@uch.edu.

Program Type:

   Adult (ages 18 to 78)

Attending Physicians:

(Medical Doctors)		  

Adult -

Choon Kee Lee, Han Myint

Transplants Performed:

   Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on:

   Adult only

Mismatches allowed:

For marrow, PBSC, or cord blood transplant with an unrelated donor. Match criteria may vary based on patient's age, disease type and stage. 		 
Marrow/PBSC Cord Blood
Number: One Two
Location: Any locus, but prefer DQB1 mismatch A or B antigen and DRB1 allele or antigen
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Estimated Search & Transplant Costs
Costs 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.
Activation of formal searchN/A
DR testing of A/B tested donors (per donor)$120
Confirmatory typing blood sample (per sample)$600
IDM sample collection/testing (per donor)$895
High resolution - HLA typing$600
Marrow or PBSC procurement$21,500
Cord blood procurement (including shipping fees)$21,500
Cord blood typing$600

The costs listed above are only a small part of the total cost of a transplant. Contact your transplant center to learn more about costs of actual transplant and follow-up treatment.

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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, Fabi Imo at (720) 848-0827 or by e-mail at Fabi.Imo@uch.edu.

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 2005 and has been an NMDP transplant center since July 2008.

Transplants Performed

(Using NMDP and non-NMDP donors from Jan. 2003 to Dec. 2007 as reported by the centers)

Marrow

PBSC

Cord
Blood

Auto-
logous

Total

(by transplant type)

Total Non-
Myeloblative transplants*
Unrelated Donor - Adult 2 5 1 --- 8 0
Unrelated Donor - Pediatric 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Related Donor - Adult 0 14 0 --- 14 2
Related Donor - Pediatric 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Autologous (PBSC and Marrow) - Adult --- --- --- 44 44 ---
Autologous (PBSC and Marrow) - Pediatric --- --- --- 0 0 ---
Total (by cell source) 2 19 1 44 66 2

This center performed a total of 81 transplants, all types, in the most recent year (from June 2008 to May 2009)

*The total Non-Myeloblative 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.

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Center-Specific Analysis (Using unrelated NMDP donors)

This analysis is based on transplants performed from Jan. 1, 2003 through Dec. 31, 2007, using unrelated NMDP donors. It only includes patients who were confirmed to be either alive or deceased within one year of transplant.

Survival by Patient's Age, Disease Type and Stage (Using unrelated NMDP donors)


This data is only based on unrelated transplants performed from Jan. 2003 to Dec. 2007. It also includes one year post-transplant follow-up, through Dec. 2008. The first number represents the number of patients alive at one year post transplant. The second number is a total number of transplanted patients in that particular group.

Key:
CP = chronic phase (1st or 2nd) BP = blastic phase
AP = accelerated phase CR = complete remission (1st, 2nd, 3rd or more)
RLPS = relapse PIF = primary induction failure

Diagnoses

0-10
Yrs

11-17
Yrs

18-30
Yrs

31-40
Yrs

41-50
Yrs

51-60
Yrs

> 60
Yrs

Overall

This center was not an NMDP member transplant center or did not perform any NMDP coordinated transplants during the analysis period of Jan. 1, 2003, through Dec. 31, 2007. Contact the transplant center for information about specific diseases for which they have provided transplants.


helpExplain Survival by Patient Diagnosis and Age


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.