Can Cord Blood Unit Selection Improve Outcomes After Single-Unit Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation for Non-Remission Acute Myeloid Leukemia?
Among adults with non-remission AML undergoing single-unit CBT, CD34⁺ cell dose, CFU-GM count, and donor-recipient sex compatibility were independent predictors of survival and engraftment. Furthermore, the degree of HLA mismatch exhibited a complex relationship with relapse and NRM, highlighting the need for balanced graft selection strategies that optimize both engraftment and disease control in CBT for non-remission AML.
Authors
- Junya Kanda
- Takuro Kuriyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7375-3183)
- Kazuto Ogura
- Yasufumi Uehara
- Atsushi Wake
- Norimichi Hattori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9404-7074)
- Toru Izumi
- Yasuji Kozai
- Fumihiko Ishimaru
- Satoru Takada
- Masatsugu Tanaka
- Masamitsu Yanada
- Marie Ohbiki
- Yuta Katayama
- Yoshiko Atsuta
- Masahito Tokunaga
- Koji Kawamura
- Tadakazu Kondo
- Naoyuki Uchida
- Yoshimitsu Shimomura
- Satoshi Yamasaki
- Takaaki Konuma
- Satoshi Takahashi
Institutions
- SHOWA Medical University (JP)
- Tokyo Medical University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Japanese Red Cross Society, Japan (JP)
- Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization (JP)
- Nagoya City University (JP)
- St Mary's Hospital (JP)
- Hamanomachi Hospital (JP)
- Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital (JP)
- Sendai Medical Center (JP)
- Tottori University Hospital (JP)
- Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center (JP)
- Imamura Hospital (JP)
- Gunma Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital (JP)
- National Hospital Organization (JP)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (JP)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center (JP)
- The Japanese Data Center for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (JP)
- Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital (JP)
- Toranomon Hospital (JP)
- Kanagawa Cancer Center
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2026.02.050
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 35.41