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. 2008 Oct 29;113(5):1175–1183. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-05-158782

Table 1.

Characteristics of 28 874 patients undergoing HCT

Characteristic No. of patients %
All patients 28 874 100.0
    CIBMTR 23 542 81.5
    FHCRC 5 332 18.5
Sex
    Male 17 122 59.3
    Female 11 752 40.7
Age at transplantation, y
    0-9 4 058 14.1
    10-19 5 773 20.0
    20-29 6 812 23.6
    30-39 6 796 23.5
    40-49 4 379 15.2
    50 or older 1 056 3.7
    Median 27
    (Min-Max) Range (0.08-72.41)
Geographic region of transplantation team
    United States, Canada 13 745 47.6
    Europe 11 340 39.3
    Other 3 789 13.1
Primary disease
    ALL 5 916 20.5
    ANLL 7 461 25.8
    CML 7 594 26.3
    Other leukemia 452 1.6
    NHL 1 152 4.0
    HL 242 0.8
    Myeloma 507 1.8
    Other malignancies* 158 0.5
    SAA 2 842 9.8
    MDS, MPD 1 298 4.5
    Hemoglobinopathies 906 3.1
    Other 346 1.2
Donor-recipient relationship and histocompatibility
    Identical twin 631 2.2
    HLA-identical sibling 22 030 76.3
    HLA-mismatched sibling, other relative 2 939 10.2
    Unrelated donor 3 066 10.6
    Other, uncertain (not autologous) 208 0.7
Transplant-conditioning regimens
    TBI + Cy ± other drugs 16 934 58.6
    TBI + other drugs (no Cy) 2 409 8.3
    LFI ± Cy ± other drugs 809 2.8
    Busulfan + Cy ± other drugs 6 510 22.5
    Cy ± other drugs 1 881 6.5
    Other 331 1.1
Preventative GVHD therapy
    No T-cell depletion
        CsA (no MTX) 6 540 22.7
        MTX (no CsA) 4 552 15.8
        CsA + MTX 12 986 45.0
        Other 1 023 3.5
    T-cell depletion 3 726 12.9
        Unknown 47 0.2
Cumulative incidence of acute GVHD (grades II-IV), %
    100 d after transplantation 38.2
    1 y after transplantation 38.4
Cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD, %
    1 y after transplantation 28.9
    3 y after transplantation 31.0
TBI dose
    No TBI or LFI 8 592 29.8
    Single dose
        Less than 10 Gy 1 934 6.7
        10 Gy or more 2 387 8.3
    Fractionated dose
        Less than 12 Gy 2 710 9.4
        12 to less than 13 Gy 7 122 24.7
        13 to less than 14 Gy 2 329 8.1
        14 to less than 15 Gy 1 528 5.3
        15 Gy or more 1 161 4.0
    Limited field irradiation, no TBI 809 2.8
    Unknown TBI dose, other radiation 302 1.0

Percentages do not always add up to 100% due to rounding.

ANLL indicates acute nonlymphocytic leukemia; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; MDS, myelodysplastic syndromes; MPD, myeloproliferative disorders; Cy, cyclophosphamide; CsA, cyclosporine; and MTX, methotrexate.

*

Other malignancies include 121 solid (nonbreast) cancers (primarily neuroblastoma and sarcomas), 3 breast cancers, and 34 other malignancies. See Table 2 for second malignancies among these patients.

Chronic GVHD is defined as clinical extensive disease for FHCRC patients and includes all grades of chronic GVHD for CIBMTR patients.