Results of the Latin American Bone Marrow Transplantation Society (LABMT) activity survey 2019-2022: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in related haploidentical donors

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The LABMT conducted a survey from 2019-2022 to assess hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) activity across 15 Latin American countries.
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A total of 6767 first HCTs were reported in 2022, with 39% being allogeneic and 61% autologous transplants.
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Pediatric HCTs accounted for 1121 cases in 2022, with 82% being allogeneic and 18% autologous.
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The transplant rate in Latin America for 2022 was 103 HCTs per 10 million population, with 63 autoHCTs and 40 alloHCTs.
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The survey highlighted an increase in haploidentical donors, reflecting a significant trend in donor types for allogeneic transplants.

Bone Marrow Transplantation

by Sebastian Galeano, Carmem Bonfim, Amado Karduss, Gregorio Jaimovich, Andrés Gómez-De León, Gustavo Bettarello, Anderson Simione, Cinthya Correa, Helen Baldomero, Daniel Neumann, Ana Lisa Basquiera, Mariano Berro, Guillermina Remaggi, Ariel Amaru, Fernando Barroso, Adriana Seber, Francisco Barriga, Julia Palma, Bárbara Puga, Matías Sánchez, Juan Manuel Herrera, Calixto Hernández, David Gómez-Almaguer, Félix Gaytán Morales, Guillermo J. Ruiz-Argüelles, Ninotzka Mendoza, María Liz Benítez, Alfredo Wong, Carolina Pagés, Marcos Hernández, Dietger Niederwieser, Damiano Rondelli, Cristóbal Frutos
April 18, 2025

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