Bone marrow transplantation using voluntary donors. Role of European Secretariat.

Bone marrow transplantation using unrelated donors is one technique used for patients who have no HLA identical donor. The French Registry "France Greffe de Moelle" (F.G.M.), with 57.866 volunteer donors has allowed since its creation in 1987 the treatment of 143 French patients (December 1990). For the remaining 20 % patients who have no donor on F.G.M., the request are sent to other European registries. In order to improve the management of these request, an European Secretariat: European Donor Secretariat (E.D.S.) has been created and set up in Paris. It manages all European requests coming from European registries. This organization permits to reduce the waiting time of the patients and therefore, participates in the improvement of the clinical results.