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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Seventeen patients who had a relapse at a median of 9 months after marrow transplant (14 allogeneic and three syngeneic) received second transplants. Eight patients were in remission when transplanted. Of the nine patients with active disease at the time of transplant, six had complete remissions, and one converted from blastic to chronic phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia. The median survival was 9 months (95% confidence interval, 4 to 17 months). Four patients died within 100 days of transplantation, and three were disease-free. Ten patients died after 100 days, all except two of disease relapse. Five patients had remissions that were greater than 12 months and longer than the remission after their first transplant (inversions). Three patients remain alive and disease-free at 37+, 55+, and 61+ months, the former two despite remissions of less than 1 year after their first transplant. Second transplants with a different cytoreductive regimen can eradicate disease resistant to prior myeloablative treatment; some patients may benefit from second transplants, even if the first transplant only achieves a short remission.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
405-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Second bone marrow transplants for relapsed leukemia.
pubmed:affiliation
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article