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SUBMITTER: Sauer S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7183692 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sauer Sandra S Pavel Petra P Schmitt Anita A Cremer Martin M Kriegsmann Mark M Bruckner Thomas T Jordan Karin K Wuchter Patrick P Müller-Tidow Carsten C Kriegsmann Katharina K
BMC cancer 20200425 1
<h4>Background</h4>High-dose (HD) chemotherapy followed by autologous blood stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) is the standard treatment for multiple myeloma (MM) patients. However, the collection of sufficient peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) grafts can be challenging, and the question arises whether reinfusion of low-dose grafts will lead to a hematopoietic recovery.<h4>Methods</h4>The hematopoietic recovery of 148 MM patients who underwent HD melphalan chemotherapy and received PBSC transplant ...[more]