Stem-Cell Transplantation
Results of bone marrow and PBSC donation compared
Published in Blood Weekly, December 4th, 2003
In the journal Bone Marrow Transplantation, hematologists in Switzerland described the "graft product stem cell yields and donor safety results of a randomized multicenter study comparing allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation with bone marrow (BM) transplantation."
"Matched HLA-identical sibling donors (n=329) were randomized to filgrastim-mobilized PBSC or BM donation groups," explained G. Gavre and coauthors working at Kantonsspital Basel.
"Median yields per kg recipient weight of CD34+ cells, T cells, and natural killer (NK) cells,...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2003-12-04)
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