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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-two patients with acute leukaemia were treated with autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) using a combination chemotherapy protocol for bone marrow ablation. The response to high-dose chemotherapy and ABMT and its associated morbidity and mortality have been compared in 24 patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and 18 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). In 16 patients with AML treated with ABMT during first complete remission (CR), ten patients (62.5%) remain in unmaintained remission; median follow up is 32 months. In eight patients with ALL treated in first CR, only one remains in remission 32 months post-ABMT, with three patients dying non-leukaemic deaths. Fourteen of 18 patients (AML and ALL) treated after first remission have died of recurrent leukaemia, two died non-leukaemic deaths and two remain well 31 and 55 months post-ABMT; both have ALL. The length of hospital stay and the amount of blood product support were similar in both groups. Haematological recovery post-ABMT was delayed in patients with AML compared to patients with ALL but this difference was not significant. Rapidly progressive lung infection was thought to be the cause of four early deaths (4/18) in patients with ALL but none in patients with AML. Severe gram-negative infections were significantly more common in patients with AML.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Blood Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Blood Transfusion, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Child, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Infection, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Length of Stay, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:3332138-Transplantation, Autologous
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Autologous bone marrow transplantation for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia--a comparison.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Haematology, University College Hospital, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study