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Lack of association between relationship status and clinical outcome in allogeneic stem cell transplantation—the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study

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It has been known for decades that social conditions influence physical and mental health. Berkman et al. proposed a conceptual model of how social networks impact health, recognizing the role of upstream factors such as cultural and socioeconomic elements and elaborating on downstream factors such as psychosocial mechanisms and pathways.1 In this framework, marital or relationship status is a structural aspect of social network, which creates the conditions for social support, in turn impacting health through various mechanisms.

A growing number of studies has shown that marital status is correlated with outcome of cancer patients including analyses from single malignancies2, 3 as well as larger population based studies.4, 5 However, there are limited data published on the influence of relationship status in allogeneic stem cell transplant (HSCT).

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This study has been conducted in the framework of the STCS, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss University Hospitals (G15) and transplant centers.

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  1. The members of the Psychosocial Interest Group and Swiss Transplant Cohort Study are listed below the article

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  1. Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    S Gerull, J P Halter & J Passweg

  2. Department Public Health, Nursing Science, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    K Denhaerynck & S De Geest

  3. Division of Hematology, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Y Chalandon

  4. Division of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    M Kirsch

  5. Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    A Kiss

  6. Division of Hematology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    U Schanz

  7. Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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The members of the Psychosocial Interest Group

L Berben9, H Burkhalter9, V Claes9, S De Geest9, K Denhaerynck9, R Helmy9, M Kirsch9, L Leppla9, O Mauthner9, M Struker9, A Boehler10, S Gerull10, MT Koller10, U Huynh-Do11, E Boely12, E Catana13, A Simcox14, A Seiler15, R Klaghofer15, I Binet16, P Künzler-Heule16 and S Beckmann17

9University of Basel; 10University Hospital Basel; 11University Hospital Inselspital Bern; 12University Hospital Geneva; 13University Hospital Lausanne; 14University of Lausanne; 15University Hospital Zurich; 16Cantonal Hospital St Gallen and 17University of Basel; University Hospital Zurich

THE MEMBERS OF THE SWISS TRANSPLANT COHORT STUDY

R Achermann, P Amico, J-D Aubert, V Banz, G Beldi, C Benden, C Berger, I Binet, P-Y Bochud, H Bucher, T Carell, E Catana, Y Chalandon, S de Geest, O de Rougemont, M Dickenmann, M Duchosal, L Elkrief, T Fehr, S Ferrari-Lacraz, C Garzoni, PG Soccal, C Gaudet, E Giostra, D Golshayan, K Hadaya, J Halter, D Heim, C Hess, S Hillinger, HH Hirsch, G Hofbauer, U Huynh-Do, F Immer, R Klaghofer, M Koller (Head of the data center), B Laesser, R Lehmann, C Lovis, P Majno; O Manuel, H-P Marti, PY Martin, P Meylan, (Head, Biological samples management group), P Mohacsi, P Morel, U Mueller, NJ Mueller (Chairman Scientific Committee), H Mueller-McKenna (Head of local data management), A Müller, T Müller, B Müllhaupt, D Nadal, M Pascual (Executive office), J Passweg, J Rick, E Roosnek, A Rosselet, S Rothlin, F Ruschitzka, U Schanz, S Schaub, A Schnyder, C Seiler, S Stampf, J Steiger (Head, Executive Office), G Stirnimann, C Toso, C Van Delden (Executive office), J-P Venetz, J Villard, M Wick (STCS coordinator), M Wilhelm and P Yerly.

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Gerull, S., Denhaerynck, K., Chalandon, Y. et al. Lack of association between relationship status and clinical outcome in allogeneic stem cell transplantation—the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. Bone Marrow Transplant 52, 1686–1688 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2017.204

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