Analysis of absolute lymphocyte count and other factors predicting survival in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma following autologous stem cell transplantation
2010
Abstract
This retrospective study analyzed risk factors predicting treatment failure and survival in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma following autologous stem cell transplantation. Analyzed factors: absolute lymphocyte counts prior to stem cell collection, day+15 and day +90 following transplantation, age at transplantation, clinical stage at relapse, progression/early and late relapse, response to salvage chemotherapy, positivity of positron emission tomography prior to transplantation, number of infused CD34+ cells, recovery of neutrophile leucocytes and occurence of serious infections within 6 months following transplantation.