OriginalProductivity loss due to premature mortality caused by blood cancer: a study based on patients undergoing stem cell transplantationPérdidas de productividad por mortalidad prematura debido a una neoplasia hematológica: estudio basado en pacientes sometidos a un trasplante de células madre

Introduction Stem cell transplantation has been used for many years to treat haematological malignancies that could not be cured by other treatments. Despite this medical breakthrough, mortality rates remain high. Our purpose was to evaluate labour productivity losses associated with premature mortality due to blood cancer in recipients of stem cell transplantations.