Abstract
Forty-two patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's disease (HD) were treated with high-dose chemotherapy (BEAM regimen) followed by autologous bone marrow and/or peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) rescue. There was one procedure-related death and the overall response rate at 6 months was 88% (95% confidence interval 78-98%). The 2 year overall and event-free survival was 81% (95% confidence interval 65-96%) and 74% (95% confidence interval 58-89%) respectively. Median follow-up was 33 months. The use of PBPC instead of marrow resulted in a significant shortening of the time to engraftment (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 383-8 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Bone Marrow Transplantation |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 1996 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Carmustine
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cytarabine
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Hodgkin Disease
- Humans
- L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
- Male
- Melphalan
- Middle Aged
- Podophyllotoxin
- Prognosis
- Recurrence
- Survival Rate
- Transplantation, Autologous
- Treatment Outcome