Hematopoietic cell transplantation activity of Turkey in 2014: Ongoing increase in HCT rates

Emre Tekgündüz; İrfan Şencan; Arif Kapuağası; Doğan Ünal; Murat Öztürk; Eyüp Gümüş; Hakan Göker; Emine Betül Tavil; Mehmet Ertem; Mustafa Çetin; Mutlu Arat; Teoman Soysal; Osman Karakaşlı; Halil Yılmaz Sur; Akif Yeşilipek; Burhan Ferhanoğlu; Duygu Uçkan; Osman İlhan; Fevzi Altuntaş

doi:10.1016/j.transci.2016.01.013

Hematopoietic cell transplantation activity of Turkey in 2014: Ongoing increase in HCT rates

Transfus Apher Sci. 2016 Feb;54(1):53-9. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2016.01.013. Epub 2016 Jan 11.

Authors

Emre Tekgündüz¹, İrfan Şencan², Arif Kapuağası³, Doğan Ünal², Murat Öztürk², Eyüp Gümüş², Hakan Göker⁴, Emine Betül Tavil⁵, Mehmet Ertem⁶, Mustafa Çetin⁷, Mutlu Arat⁸, Teoman Soysal⁹, Osman Karakaşlı², Halil Yılmaz Sur¹⁰, Akif Yeşilipek¹¹, Burhan Ferhanoğlu¹², Duygu Uçkan⁵, Osman İlhan¹³, Fevzi Altuntaş¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Hematology and HCT Transplantation Clinic, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
² Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: dokuvehucre@gmail.com.
⁴ School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁵ School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
⁸ HSCT Unit, Sisli Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁹ Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
¹⁰ Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
¹¹ School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and BMT Unit, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
¹² Medical School, Department of Hematology, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.
¹³ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
¹⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 26899916
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2016.01.013

Abstract

Hematopoietic cell transplantation is an established treatment option with curative potential for a variety of clinical conditions. The last decade especially witnessed a remarkable increase in HCT activity in Turkey. In 2014, 696 pediatric and 2631 adult (total 3327) HCT were performed in Turkey. Corresponding transplant rates per 10 million inhabitants for autologous-HCT and allogeneic-HCT were 226 and 202, respectively. Total HCT procedures in Turkey increased 177% in the last 5 years and 791% in the last 14 years. This report focuses mainly on HCT activity of Turkey in 2014 based on the national HCT registry and presents a general picture of national HCT activity.

Keywords: Activity; Hematopoietic SCT; Indications; Transplant rates and trends; Turkey.

MeSH terms

Adult
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / statistics & numerical data*
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Transplantation, Homologous
Turkey / epidemiology