Keywords :
Adult; Antigens, CD34/analysis; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/economics/therapeutic use; Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy/economics/surgery; Cell Count; Combined Modality Therapy/economics; Costs and Cost Analysis; Drug Costs; Fees and Charges; Female; Hospital Costs; Humans; Middle Aged; Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation/economics; Transplantation, Autologous/economics
Abstract :
[en] We assessed the effect of CD34+ cell dose on costs in breast cancer patients undergoing autologous peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation. Mean hospitalization costs were 26,992.9+/-9582.9 for patients receiving a CD34+ cell dose <5 x 10(6) cells/kg versus 22,339.4+/- 5471.1 for those receiving >5 x 10(6) CD34+ cells/kg (p=0.0065).
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