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2858155

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
Seven nonsplenectomized patients with blastic CGL have received high dose BCNU chemotherapy followed by cryopreserved peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC). The PBSC obtained at diagnosis were stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen in 10% dimethyl sulfoxide for 11-46 months prior to use. Patients received 2.9 X 10(8) (1.9-7.8) thawed washed mononuclear cells/kg over 30 minutes with minimal morbidity. One patient was not rendered pancytopenic and died with blastic leukemia at 4 months. One patient, previously treated with daily busulfan, died of progressive hepatic failure 2 months after high dose BCNU. Restoration of the chronic phase of CGL was observed in the remaining five patients. Peripheral blood counts returned to normal ranges after a median of 19 days. Median survival for all patients is 11 months. Cytogenetic studies revealed elimination of acquired aneuploid cell lines in four of seven patients with persistence of Ph1. We conclude that: 1) frozen PBSC retain their viability for up to 4 years after cryopreservation and 2) the use of autologous PBSC following ablative chemotherapy may be associated with both symptomatic and karyotypic improvement in patients with blastic CGL.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0361-8609
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of the blastic transformation of chronic granulocytic leukemia using high dose BCNU chemotherapy and cryopreserved autologous peripheral blood stem cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't