@article {1508,
	title = {Donating stimulated peripheral blood stem cells vs bone marrow: do donors experience the procedures differently?},
	journal = {Bone Marrow Transplantation},
	volume = {27},
	year = {2001},
	note = {HPC 0268-3369},
	month = {May},
	pages = {917 - 923},
	abstract = {As the demand for undifferentiated stem cells for the treatment of leukemia and other cancers has increased, new methods for their collection have been developed: One of these new methods, allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donation, involves the administration of a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF, filgrastim), and a 1-2 day apheresis collection procedure. Our goal in the current study was to examine donors{\textquoteright} psychosocial and physical experiences of PBSC vs marrow donation. Potential participants included 80 donors from the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) who donated a second time between 1991 and 1997, All of these donors had previously donated marrow, A final cohort of 70 donors (25 PBSC and 45 marrow) participated in a retrospective questionnaire study of their donation experiences. In general, all second-time donors reported low levels of concern about the physical consequences of donation, However, PBSC donors were more likely to have postponed the decision to donate a second time, Despite their reservations, PBSC donors reported fewer donation-related side-effects than did marrow donors, Finally, PBSC donors reported that marrow donation was more physically difficult, time-consuming, and inconvenient, and that they preferred PBSC to marrow donation.},
	author = {Switzer,G. E. and Goycoolea,J. M. and Dew,M. A. and Graeff,E. C. and Hegland,J.}
}
