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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
We report on the outcome of children with advanced primary myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) transplanted from an HLA-matched sibling (MSD) or an unrelated donor (UD) following a preparative regimen with busulfan, cyclophosphamide and melphalan. Ninety-seven patients with refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB, n=53), RAEB in transformation (RAEB-T, n=29) and myelodysplasia-related acute myeloid leukemia (MDR-AML, n=15) enrolled in the European Working Group of MDS in Childhood (EWOG-MDS) 98 study and given hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) were analyzed. Median age at HSCT was 11.1 years (range 1.4-19.0). Thirty-nine children were transplanted from an MSD, whereas 58 were given the allograft from a UD (n=57) or alternative family donor (n=1). Stem cell source was bone marrow (n=69) or peripheral blood (n=28). With a median follow-up of 3.9 years (range 0.1-10.9), the 5-year probability of overall survival is 63%, while the 5-year cumulative incidence of transplantation-related mortality (TRM) and relapse is 21% each. Age at HSCT greater than 12 years, interval between diagnosis and HSCT longer than 4 months, and occurrence of acute or extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease were associated with increased TRM. The risk of relapse increased with more advanced disease. This study indicates that HSCT following a myeloablative preparative regimen offers a high probability of survival for children with advanced MDS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1476-5551
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
455-62
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for advanced myelodysplastic syndrome in children: results of the EWOG-MDS 98 study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. brigitte.strahm@uniklinik-freiburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article