Autologous stem cell transplantation in elderly patients (≥60 years) with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: an analysis based on data in the European Blood and Marrow Transplantation registry
oleh: Esa Jantunen, Carmen Canals, Alessandro Rambaldi, Gert Ossenkoppele, Bernardino Allione, Didier Blaise, Eulogio Conde, Hervè Tilly, Gordon Cook, Fiona Clark, Andrea Gallamini, Andrew Haynes, Nicolas Mounier, Peter Dreger, Michael Pfreundschuh, Anna Sureda, for the EBMT Lymphoma Working Party
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| Diterbitkan: | Ferrata Storti Foundation 2008-12-01 |
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Background There is currently limited experience on the feasibility and efficacy of autologous stem cell transplantation in elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.Design and Methods We analyzed the outcome of 2612 patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma treated with autologous stem cell transplantation between 2000 and 2005 and reported to the European Blood and Marrow Transplantation registry. Four hundred and sixty-three patients (18%) were ≥60 years old at the time of the transplant (median, 63 years). When compared to 2149 patients