Late Effects

Proposal

According to the APBMT Activity Survey results, the number of HSCT has increased steadily in most of the APBMT countries. The number of HSCT performed until 2007 was 84,967. Approximately 50% of the HSCT recipients become long-term survivors, thus, the estimated number of long-term survivors exceed 40,000 in the APBMT countries / region.

Long-term survivors without relapse of underlying disease could suffer from various late complications after HSCT, such as chronic GVHD, infection, organ dysfunction, skeletal and muscular problems, endocrine complications, gonadal dysfunctions, secondary malignancy, growth problems, and quality of life issues. It will be beneficial to study differences in the follow-up clinical practice, the incidence and risk factors of these late complications among the APBMT countries / regions.

Meetings

Minutes of the Late Effects Working Group Meetings are available here
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Minutes of the Late Effects Working Group - Oct 2010

Minutes of the Late Effects Working Group - Nov 2013

Letter from chair - Late Effect Working Group

Members

Chairman: Shinichiro Okamoto (Japan)

WG Members