Multidisciplinary nutritional support for autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a cost-benefit analysis.

Objective: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the economic and clinical efficacy of a multidisciplinary nutritional support team (NST) for autologous stem cell transplantation.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cost-benefit analysis of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with and without NST intervention at a single institute. Patients (n = 120) had undergone 169 ASCTs, 67 before the commencement of NST intervention in September 2005 and 102 after September 2005.