Safety and efficacy of outpatient-based administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in collection of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cells: 10 years of single-center experience in 86 donors

Abstract

The collection of hematopoietic stem cells mobilized from the bone marrow into the bloodstream of healthy donors has now become a routine procedure throughout the world, with at least comparable or safer toxic profile compared to bone marrow collection. For the mobilization of peripheral blood stem cells(PBSC), administration of granulocyte colonySafety and efficacy of outpatient-based administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in collection of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cells: 10 years of single-center experience in 86 donors