An increased body mass index is not an adverse prognostic factor in persons undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Abstract

Between May 1993 and December 2010, 106 persons underwent an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the Centro de Hematologia y Medicina Interna of the Clinica Ruiz in Puebla, Mexico, using a simplified method of autografting avoiding cryopreservation of the stem cells and conducting the procedure fully on an outpatient basis. There were 39 patients with multiple myeloma, 31 with acute leukemia, 13 with ,