Review Article

Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donor Matching Probability and Search Algorithm

Table 4

Donor matching grade for 274 consecutive searches run from 1.1.2010 to 31.8.2012.

Category(1)Nb Nb donors Mean nb 10/109/10(2)≤8/10 or non
patientstesteddon/patientevaluable

High 1033313.2102 (99%)1 (1%)0
Interm613335.4538 (62.2%)20 (32.8%)3 (5%)
Low1107446.7619 (17.3%)44 (40%)47 (42.7%)

Total27414085.14159 (58%)65 (23.7%)50 (18.3%)

(1)For 26 patients classified with a high ( ), intermediate ( ), and low ( ) probability a formal search was not initiated or no donor could be requested or analysed during the same time frame.
(2)DRB3 disparities were counted as a mismatch.