Top 5 reasons why you should consider cord blood banking
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1 in 200 individuals1 may need a haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) transplant by the age of 70 according to a scientific paper published in 2008
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It is once-in-a-life time chance2 to collect cord blood – a readily available source when needed in the future.
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60% higher chance of locating a match versus bone marrow in a family.
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Research showed that patients have a lower chance of complications in transplants when they receive stem cells from a relative3.
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Some of the most common cancers are treatable with a stem cell transplant. For instance, Lymphoma and Leukaemia are two of the top 10 common cancers for adults4 and among the top five most common childhood cancers5 in India.
Sources:
1 Nietfeld JJ, Pasquini MC, Logan BR, et. al. 2008. Life Probabilities of Hematopoietic Stem Cell transplantation in the U.S. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 14:316-322
2 Beatty PG, Boucher KM, Mori M, et. al. 2000. Probability of Finding HLA-mismatched Related or Unrelated Marrow of Cord Blood Donors. Human
3 Wagner JE, Steinbuch M, Kernan NA, et. al. 1995. Allogeneic sibling umbilical-cord blood transplantation in children Kurtzberg J, Laughin M, Graham ML, et. al. 1996. Placental blood as a source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation into unrelated recipients. New England Journal of Medicine. 335:157-66
4 Swaminathan, et. al. 2011. Trends in cancer incidence in Chennai city (1982–2006) and statewide predictions of future burden in Tamil Nadu (2007–16). National Medical Journal of India: 24:2:72-7
5 Swaminathan, et. al. 2008. Childhood cancers in Chennai, India, 1990 – 2001: Incidence and survival. Int. J. Cancer: 122, 2607-11
