Abstract:In MDS, the bone marrow produces abnormal, immature blood cells called blast cells. Imprecise, in half of pediatric MDS, blast count is normal. A retrospective observational study was conducted to review the outcome of our HCT in pediatric patients with MDS. Record of 35 MDS patients after BMT, 1993-2016, were reviewed. Median age at transplant was 4 yrs (0.8-14.8) and median time to transplant from diagnosis 8.1 (2.3-102.5) months. TRM was 17.1% (6); [low risk (LR) = 5 (19.2%) and high risk (HR) = 1 (11.1%)] … Show more
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