title: Long-term donor health and its relationship with outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
abstract: Data on long-term follow-up of donors for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are limited. Donors of 612 adult allogeneic HSCT were studied, at a median of 81 (14-181) months post-HSC donation. Nine donors had severe health problems. Five donors died from aggressive malignancies or terminal illness, at a median of 41 (16-57) months post-donation. Notably, all their recipients had leukemic relapses. In contrast, donors of recipients in remission were all living. This observation might be due to an inherent depressed immunosurveillance in the donors, or selection of donors with suboptimal health for desperate patients with poor risks pre-HSCT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: W-Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: A K W
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Lie
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Y-L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Kwong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D015996:Survival Rate; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome