Bone marrow transplant (BMT) is a medical procedure used in case of serious illness treatment, that is, when the conventional therapeutic modalities do not offer a good prognostic. Recent researches suggest that, the patients' personality is a decisive psychosocial factor for adaptation and recovery after BMT procedure. The present paper intends to evaluate the scientific productions regarding the patients' personality and its relation to post-BMT survival. Data collection was carried out by using on-line searches in the different bibliographical identification systems available. The results obtained suggest the need for new researches, because understanding the relation between the patients' personality and the post-BMT survival can aid the individual/patient in both, in the prevention, as well as in the maintenance of the bio-psychosocial well being.
Personality; bone marrow transplant; survival