title: Improvement of supportive nursing care in cancer patients autografted with bone marrow and mobilized peripheral blood haematopoietic progenitors.
abstract: We report that in cancer patients a dramatic reduction in infection rate, days of isolation, oral mucositis and hospitalization due to high-dose chemotherapy is achievable by autografting with haematopoietic progenitor cells (CPCs) circulating in peripheral blood following cancer therapy with high-dose cyclophosphamide (HD-CTX) and administration of recombinant haematopoietic cytokines. Thirty patients (29 lymphomas, one breast cancer) were treated with total body irradiation and high-dose melphalan followed by either: (i) bone marrow transplant (Group A); (ii) bone marrow plus HD-CTX-mobilized CPC transplant (Group B); or (iii) bone marrow plus HD-CTX- and cytokine-mobilized CPC transplant (Group C). Nursing care load was remarkably higher in Group A patients compared to Group B and C patients, thus demonstrating clinical advantages of transplantation of HD-CTX-f and cytokine-mobilized CPCs.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balbi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saracino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milanesi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000451:nursing*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008558:Melphalan / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation / Q000451:nursing; D016526:Workload
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D008558:Melphalan