![Loading...](https://link.springer.com/static/c4a417b97a76cc2980e3c25e2271af3129e08bbe/images/pdf-preview/spacer.gif)
-
Article
A real-life overview of a hematopoietic cell transplant program throughout a four-year period, including prospective registry, exclusion causes and final donor selection
Traceability of patients who are candidates for Hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) is crucial to ensure HCT program quality. Continuous knowledge of both a detailed registry from a HCT program and final exclu...
-
Article
Outcome in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who relapse after autologous stem cell transplantation and receive active therapy. A retrospective analysis of the Lymphoma Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) is the standard of care for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who relapse/progress after first line chemoimmunotherapy. Long-ter...
-
Article
Predisposing Factors and Outcome of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer
Staphylococcus aureus caused 30 of 438 (7%) cases of bacteremia in neutropenic patients with cancer during a 10-year study period. Acute leukemia as an underlying disease and severe oral mucositis were more freq...
-
Article
Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) with immunologically purged progenitor cells in patients with advanced stage follicular lymphoma after early partial or complete remission: toxicity, follow-up of minimal residual disease and survival
The role of autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in indolent lymphomas is a controversial issue. From 1994 to 1999, we performed ASCT with immunologically purged progenitor cells in 15 patients with advanced...
-
Article
Prognostic Factors Influencing Mortality in Cancer Patients with Neutropenia and Bacteremia
The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for mortality in neutropenic patients with cancer and bacteremia. A consecutive sample of 438 neutropenic patients (granulocyte count <0.5×109/l) with cance...
-
Article
Immunomagnetic bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) purging in follicular lymphoma (FL)
Twenty-nine B cell follicular lymphoma (FL) patients had their BM (n = 12) or PBPC (n = 17) purged using a panel of monoclonal antibodies and immunomagnetic beads (IMB). The median recovery of nucleated cells (NC...
-
Article
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in a patient with respiratory failure after hematopoietic progenitor transplantation
Respiratory failure requiring orotracheal intubation (OTI) and mechanical ventilation (MV) is almost always a fatal complication in patients who undergo hematopoietic progenitor transplantation (HPT). We prese...
-
Article
Umbilical cord blood transplantation from unrelated donors in an adult weighing 90 kilograms. Role of immunosuppression in engraftment
A 40-year-old male weighing 90 kilograms was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukaemia M5a which was resistant to chemotherapy. Neither a related nor an unrelated HLA-compatible bone marrow donor could be fo...
-
Article
Prospective study of 288 episodes of bacteremia in neutropenic cancer patients in a single institution
Trends in causative organisms and sources of infection were studied in a series of 288 episodes of bacteremia in neutropenic cancer patients observed in a single institution from 1986 to 1993. The incidence of...