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Published online March 31, 2013

https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2013.48.1.5

© The Korean Society of Hematology

A proposal for improvement in the utilization rate of banked cord blood

Young-Ho Lee, M.D. Ph.D.1, Ji Yoon Kim, M.D. Ph.D.2, Yeung-Chul Mun, M.D. Ph.D.3, and Hong Hoe Koo, M.D. Ph.D.4

1Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University Medical Center, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

2Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

3Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

4Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Fig. 1.

The number of stored and transplanted CB units in Korea-CORD according to TNC count.


Fig. 2.

The number of available and shipped CB units along with the utilization rate according to TNC count (kindly provided by Takanashi at Tokyo Cord Blood Bank).


  1. Park, M, Lee, SH, Lee, YH, et al. Pre-engraftment syndrome after unrelated cord blood transplantation: a predictor of engraftment and acute graft-versus-host disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant[Epub ahead of print]
  2. Rocha, V, Labopin, M, Sanz, G, et al. Transplants of umbilical-cord blood or bone marrow from unrelated donors in adults with acute leukemia. N Engl J Med, 2004;351;2276-2285.
    Pubmed
  3. Hwang, WY, Samuel, M, Tan, D, Koh, LP, Lim, W, Linn, YC. A meta-analysis of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation versus unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation in adult and pediatric patients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant, 2007;13;444-453.
    Pubmed
  4. Lee, YH, Kwon, YH, Hwang, K, et al. Analysis of stored and transplanted cord blood units from KoreaCORD: reappraisal of banking guidelines and selection strategy. Transfusion, 2013;53;123-127.
    Pubmed
  5. Lee, YH. The prospect of the government management for cord blood in Korea -at the time of enactment of the 『Cord blood management and research act』. Korean J Hematol, 2010;45;1-2.
    Pubmed

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Blood Res 2013; 48(1): 5-7

Published online March 31, 2013 https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2013.48.1.5

Copyright © The Korean Society of Hematology.

A proposal for improvement in the utilization rate of banked cord blood

Young-Ho Lee, M.D. Ph.D.1, Ji Yoon Kim, M.D. Ph.D.2, Yeung-Chul Mun, M.D. Ph.D.3, and Hong Hoe Koo, M.D. Ph.D.4

1Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University Medical Center, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

2Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

3Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

4Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

    Fig 1.

    Figure 1.

    The number of stored and transplanted CB units in Korea-CORD according to TNC count.

    Blood Research 2013; 48: 5-7https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2013.48.1.5

    Fig 2.

    Figure 2.

    The number of available and shipped CB units along with the utilization rate according to TNC count (kindly provided by Takanashi at Tokyo Cord Blood Bank).

    Blood Research 2013; 48: 5-7https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2013.48.1.5

    References

    1. Park, M, Lee, SH, Lee, YH, et al. Pre-engraftment syndrome after unrelated cord blood transplantation: a predictor of engraftment and acute graft-versus-host disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant[Epub ahead of print]
    2. Rocha, V, Labopin, M, Sanz, G, et al. Transplants of umbilical-cord blood or bone marrow from unrelated donors in adults with acute leukemia. N Engl J Med, 2004;351;2276-2285.
      Pubmed
    3. Hwang, WY, Samuel, M, Tan, D, Koh, LP, Lim, W, Linn, YC. A meta-analysis of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation versus unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation in adult and pediatric patients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant, 2007;13;444-453.
      Pubmed
    4. Lee, YH, Kwon, YH, Hwang, K, et al. Analysis of stored and transplanted cord blood units from KoreaCORD: reappraisal of banking guidelines and selection strategy. Transfusion, 2013;53;123-127.
      Pubmed
    5. Lee, YH. The prospect of the government management for cord blood in Korea -at the time of enactment of the 『Cord blood management and research act』. Korean J Hematol, 2010;45;1-2.
      Pubmed
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