“…Demographic risk features include male sex (Asano et al, 2003;Hale et al, 2003) and age >10 years (Kondo et al, 1998;Seber et al, 1999;Cesaro et al, 2003;Cheuk et al, 2007). GvHD is a consistent risk factor in paediatric (Russell et al, 1994;Hale et al, 2003;Cheuk et al, 2007) mixed (Seber et al, 1999;El-Zimaity et al, 2004;Hassan et al, 2007) and adult (Chakrabarti et al, 2003) study cohorts. Busulphan (Kondo et al, 1998;Trotman et al, 1999) and cyclophosphamide conditioning (Brugieres et al, 1989;Cheuk et al, 2007), important risk factors for pre-engraftment HC, also seem to increase risk of post-engraftment HC.…”