Raising awareness may increase the likelihood of hematopoietic stem cell donation: a nationwide survey using artificial intelligence.

Journal: International journal of hematology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In Italy, the demand for allogeneic transplantation exceeds the number of compatible donors in the Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (IBMDR). This study aimed to explore the knowledge, beliefs, opinions, values, and feelings of the Italian population regarding stem cell donation.

Authors

  • Luana Conte
    Department of Mathematics and Physics "E. De Giorgi", Laboratory of Biomedical Physics and Environment, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy.
  • Giorgio De Nunzio
    Laboratory of Biomedical Physics and Environment, Department of Mathematics and Physics "E. De Giorgi", Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy.
  • Roberto Lupo
    San Giuseppe da Copertino Hospital, Local Health Authority, Copertino, Lecce, Italy.
  • Donato Cascio
    Department of Physics and Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
  • Marco Cioce
    Department UOC SITRA, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
  • Elsa Vitale
    Direzione Scientifica, I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Bari, Italy.
  • Chiara Ianne
    Comunità Riabilitativa Assistenziale Psichiatrica, "Carrubo", Avetrana, Taranto, Italy.
  • Ivan Rubbi
    University of Bologna, Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences, Faenza, Italy.
  • Massimo Martino
    Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi Melacrino Morelli, Centro Unico Trapianti A. Neri, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
  • Letizia Lombardini
    Centro Nazionale Trapianti, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
  • Aurora Vassanelli
    Transfusion Medicine Department, University and Hospital Trust (AOUI), Verona, Italy.
  • Simonetta Pupella
    Centro Nazionale Sangue, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
  • Simona Pollichieni
    Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Ospedale Galliera, Genoa, Italy.
  • Nicoletta Sacchi
    Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
  • Fabio Ciceri
    Roni Shouval, Hila Mishan-Shamay, Avichai Shimoni, and Arnon Nagler, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer; Roni Shouval, Ori Bondi, and Ron Unger, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; Myriam Labopin, Norbert C. Gorin, Emmanuelle Polge, Arnon Nagler, and Mohamad Mohty, European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Myriam Labopin and Mohamad Mohty, Sorbonne Universités, Centre de Recherche (CDR) Saint-Antoine; Myriam Labopin and Mohamad Mohty, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CDR Saint-Antoine; Myriam Labopin and Mohamad Mohty, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France; Fabio Ciceri, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Andrea Bacigalupo, Ospedale San Martino, Genoa, Italy; Jordi Esteve, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain; Sebastian Giebel, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Christoph Schmid, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich; Nicolaus Kroger, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Mahmoud Aljurf, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Charles Craddock, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Jan J. Cornelissen, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Frederic Baron, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
  • Stefano Botti
    Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.