I haven't dug into the weeds here (and, for personal emotional reasons, I will not), but I find it hard to believe the medical staffs would have seriously considered "can we find a donor that matches AND will possibly cure the HIV". The diagnosis-to-death timeline for many blood cancers is fast when other treatments don't work. Delaying a transplant by 2 weeks in order to find a slightly more optimal donor seems crazy. (Though I suppose the after-transplant care for someone with HIV might be trickier than those without HIV. But patients will be immune-compromised for at least months post-transplant, so maybe HIV isn't that big of a deal.)