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Pahnke S, Nygell UA, Johansson JE, Kisch A, Ljungman P, Sandstedt A, Hägglund H, Larfors G. Cancer incidence in healthy Swedish peripheral blood stem cell donors. Bone Marrow Transplant 2022; 57:795-802. [PMID: 35256742 PMCID: PMC9090628 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-022-01617-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has been used for over 20 years to obtain peripheral blood stem cells from healthy donors for allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Concerns have been raised about a potentially increased cancer incidence in donors after donation, especially regarding haematological malignancies. In a prospective Swedish national cohort study, we studied the cancer incidence after donation in 1082 Swedish peripheral blood stem cell donors, donating between 1998 and 2014. The primary objective was to evaluate if the cancer incidence increased for donors treated with G-CSF. With a median follow-up time of 9.8 years, the incidence of haematological malignancies was 0.85 cases per 1000 person-years, and did not significantly differ from the incidence in age-, sex- and residence-matched population controls (hazard ratio 1.70, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.79-3.64, p value 0.17), bone marrow donors or non-donating siblings. The total cancer incidence for peripheral blood stem cell donors was 6.0 cases per 1000 person-years, equal to the incidence in matched population controls (hazard ratio 1.03, 95% CI 0.78-1.36, p value 0.85), bone marrow donors or non-donating siblings. In this study of healthy peripheral blood stem cell donors, the cancer incidence was not increased after treatment with G-CSF.
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- Simon Pahnke
- Unit of Haematology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Unit for Apheresis, Clinical Immunology/Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Haematology and Coagulation, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Haematology, Skåne University Hospital; Institute of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cellular Therapy and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.,Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Haematology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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- Unit of Haematology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Unit of Haematology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Zhang N, Min J, Huang FX, Lan F, Liu L, Zhang H. Unilateral lymphadenopathy due to the use of granulocyte colony stimulating factor. BMJ Case Rep 2011; 2011:bcr.05.2011.4210. [PMID: 22679312 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.05.2011.4210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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A 36-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital after modified radical mastectomy operation. Adjuvant chemotherapy was administered using TAC regimen. Severe neutropenia occurred after chemotherapy. Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was given to treat neutropenia. On the second day of G-CSF use, the patient complained of swelling of her neck on the left side, which subsided spontaneously after discontinuation of G-CSF medication. However, the same symptom recurred following G-CSF use on the second cycle of chemotherapy. B-mode ultrasound showed swollen lymph nodes and biopsy revealed no evidence of metastasis. Therefore, the unilateral lymphadenopathy is considered to be the side effect of G-CSF, which is very rare.
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- Ning Zhang
- Oncology Department, Tangdu Hosptial, Xi'an, China
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D'Souza A, Jaiyesimi I, Trainor L, Venuturumili P. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration: adverse events. Transfus Med Rev 2008; 22:280-90. [PMID: 18848155 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2008.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has been in clinical use for approximately 2 decades. In healthy donors, it has been used to mobilize peripheral blood progenitor cells for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and granulocytes for apheresis collection. In patients, it has been used to decrease the duration of neutropenia after chemotherapy and to offset the neutropenia due to myelodysplasia, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and genetic disorders of granulocyte production. As the number of uses of G-CSF in clinical practice grows, more side effects of this generally safe pharmaceutical agent are being recognized. Our objective in this article is to provide an in-depth review of the reported adverse events associated with the use of G-CSF.
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- Anita D'Souza
- Department of Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.
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