Successful autologous bone marrow transplant without the use of blood product support.
We describe a successful autologous bone marrow transplant without the use of any blood products. The patient had relapsed large cell lymphoma. He was a Jehovah's Witness and would not accept transfusions of red blood cells or platelets. He enrolled in our Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program and was maintained on a regimen of erythropoietin, iron, Amicar, and G-CSF throughout the transplant. He tolerated the transplant well and is alive with no evidence of disease 10 months after autografting.
Ballen
K K
KK
University of Massachusetts Memorial Cancer Center, Worcester, USA.
Ford
P A
PA
Waitkus
H
H
Emmons
R V
RV
Levy
W
W
Doyle
P
P
Stewart
F M
FM
Quesenberry
P J
PJ
Becker
P S
PS
D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome