title: Increased Hepatic Iron Content Predicts Poor Survival in Patients With Iron Overload Who Underwent Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
abstract: Iron overload results in increased infection, venous-oclusive disease and hepatic dysfunction in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (alloHSCT) recipients. Liver is one of the most common sites of iron overload.
  
  
  
  A total of 50 alloHSCT recipients that underwent liver biopsy in Erciyes Stem Cell Transplantation Hospital, Erciyes University, between 2004 and 2011 were enrolled in the study. The liver biopsy specimens have been obtained from the archives of Erciyes University, Department of Pathology and stainned for iron content.
  
  
  
  The mean age was found 34 ± 11 years. For median overall survival (OS); 53 months (min-max: 41-65) in patients with grade 0, 55 months (min-max: 47-64) in patients with grade 1, in patients with grade 2 patients 25.4 months (11.5-39.4 ), grade 3 patients 29.3 months (min-max: 12.3-46.3) and grade 4 patients 2.6 months (min-max: 2.0-3.3). Overall survival was correlated with the degree of liver iron content and it was statistically significant in Kaplan-Meier analysis (P < .001). Disease-free survival was found (DFS); grade 0 patients 47.1 months (min-max: 32.0-62.0), grade 1 patients 36.9 months (min-max: 21.0-65.0), grade 2 patients 23.5 months (min-max: 12.0-59.0), grade 3 patients 27.4 months (min-max: 5.3-59.3) and grade 4 patients 2.6 months (min-max: 2.0-3.0). For DFS; it was negatively correlated with the degree of liver iron content nevertheless; it was not was statistically significant in Kaplan-Meier analysis (P = .093).Hepatic iron overload might be associated with poor survival in patients with transfusional iron overload that underwent alloHSCT.
  
  
  
  Hepatic iron content might be associated with poorer prognosis in patients with iron overload that underwent alloHSCT.
authors: Erciyes Stem Cell Transplantation Hospital, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. Electronic address: serdarsvgn@gmail.com.
authors: Serdar
authors: S
authors: Sivgin
authors: Erciyes Stem Cell Transplantation Hospital, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors: Suleyman
authors: S
authors: Baldane
authors: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors: Kemal
authors: K
authors: Deniz
authors: Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey; Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors: Gokmen
authors: G
authors: Zararsiz
authors: Erciyes Stem Cell Transplantation Hospital, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors: Leylagul
authors: L
authors: Kaynar
authors: Erciyes Stem Cell Transplantation Hospital, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Cetin
authors: Erciyes Stem Cell Transplantation Hospital, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Unal
authors: Erciyes Stem Cell Transplantation Hospital, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors: Bulent
authors: B
authors: Eser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D019190:Iron Overload / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality*; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007501:Iron
keywords: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Ferritin; Hepatic iron overload; Survival