1. Peripheral blood stem cell collection in elderly patients
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Ljubomir Petrov, Francoise Quivoron, Adrian Tempescul, Jean-Christophe Ianotto, Christian Berthou, Elisabeth Hardy, Immunologie et Pathologie (EA2216), Université de Brest (UBO)-IFR148, Service Hématologie, Hôpital Morvan [Brest]-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), EFS Bretagne, Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany (UEB), and Michel, Geneviève
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medicine.medical_specialty ,[SDV.IMM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Lymphoma ,CD34 ,Antigens, CD34 ,Cell Count ,MESH: Multiple Myeloma ,MESH: Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation ,Peripheral Blood Stem Cells ,MESH: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,MESH: Age Factors ,MESH: Aged ,Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation ,MESH: Humans ,Hematology ,MESH: Cell Count ,business.industry ,Age Factors ,MESH: Retrospective Studies ,Retrospective cohort study ,MESH: Antigens, CD34 ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization ,3. Good health ,Surgery ,MESH: Blood Component Removal ,Apheresis ,Peripheral blood stem cell collection ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Blood Component Removal ,Feasibility Studies ,[SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Stem cell ,Multiple Myeloma ,MESH: Feasibility Studies ,MESH: Lymphoma ,business ,030215 immunology - Abstract
International audience; Intensive treatments like autologous blood stem cell transplantations are standard consolidation treatments for lymphoma and myeloma in young people. The upper age limit for these procedures is constantly increasing. Instead of studying the impact of aging on harvesting peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC), we performed a retrospective study to explore the feasibility of collecting stem cells from patients older than 65 years and compared the efficacy to harvest in younger patients. During a period of 7 years, we identified 108 patients with myeloma or lymphoma who were older than 65 years who underwent PBSC collection. Only eight patients failed to produce a successful harvest. The majority of patients only needed one apheresis (71%). There was a median number of 5.3 x 10(6) CD34+ cells/kg. Our study demonstrated that older patients can also undergo PBSC harvests similar to younger patients.
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- 2009