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Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Dec 25;24(4):726–733. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.11.025

Table 4.

Causes of death by treatment group

Cause of Death, No (%)	TBI, N=377 deaths	BU, N=135 deaths
Relapse	170 (45)	77 (57)
Graft failure	2 (0.5)	0 (0)
GVHD	50 (13)	16 (11.8)
Infection	51 (13)	8 (5.9)
Interstitial pneumonitis or ARDS	19 (5)	1 (0.7)
Organ failure	45 (12)	12 (8.8)
Secondary malignancy	3 (0.7)	1 (0.7)
Hemorrhage	3 (0.7)	1 (0.7)
Accident	1 (0.2)	0 (0)
Vascular	1 (0.2)	1 (0.7)
Other	23 (6.1)	15 (11)
Unknown	9 (2.4)	3 (2.2)

Abbreviations: GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; TBI, total body irradiation; BU, busulfan; N, number; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome