Practical aspects and procedures, including conditioning protocols and haploidentical transplantation

Age limits and exclusion criteria for transplantation Commonly used upper age limits for transplantation In special situations, for example, biological functioning of a patient and using special conditioning protocols, these age limits can be extended. (See Klepin & Hurd (2006) for a discussion of these issues in myeloma patients.) Mineishi (2011) discussed the issues related to nonmyeloablative transplants in patients between the ages of 60 and 75 years in an editorial. In this age group, a long-term survival (5+ years) of 35% included most of these patients who survived without disease. (See also p. 5.)