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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
From June 1986 to June 1990, 64 patients with leukaemia (25 acute myelogenous leukaemia, 21 acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and 18 chronic myeloid leukaemia) undergoing marrow transplantation were randomized to receive cyclophosphamide (CY) and fractionated total body irradiation (TBI) without lung shielding (n = 33) or CY and fractionated TBI with lung shielding (n = 31, control group) as conditioning. Patients conditioned with TBI without lung shielding received a significantly higher total lung dose compared with the control group (p less than 0.0001). The 3-year leukaemia-free survival for patients receiving TBI without lung shielding is 54 +/- 18% versus 51 +/- 18% for patients receiving TBI with lung shielding (p = ns). There was no significant difference in the probability of leukaemia relapse (22 +/- 18% for TBI without lung shielding versus 24 +/- 18% for control group; p = ns). The probability of interstitial pneumonitis is 15 +/- 14% for TBI without lung shielding and 5 +/- 5% for TBI with lung shielding (p = ns). A higher incidence of lung fungal infection (15 versus 3%) and interstitial pneumonitis (12 versus 3%) has been documented in patients receiving TBI without lung shielding compared with the control group. The results indicate that higher radiation dose to the lung did not increase antileukaemic efficacy of TBI but seemed to be associated with the increased pulmonary toxicity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
343-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Lung Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Methotrexate, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Radiation Protection, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Transplantation, Homologous, pubmed-meshheading:1617318-Whole-Body Irradiation
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Total body irradiation with or without lung shielding for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't