MARROW TRANSPLANTATION FOR ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AFTER TREATMENT WITH BUSULFAN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
MARROW TRANSPLANTATION FOR ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AFTER TREATMENT WITH BUSULFAN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198312013092202
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
YEAGER, AM
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作者:
SANTOS, GW;TUTSCHKA, PJ;YEAGER, AM
Patients (51) with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (16 with end-stage disease, 17 in 2nd or 3rd remission or in early relapse, and 18 in 1st remission) were given infusions of HLA-identical sibling bone marrow after cytoreduction with high doses of busulfan and cyclophosphamide. Actuarial 2 yr survival rates were 0%, 29% and 44%, respectively. Twelve patients are still alive and in remission after 327-1488 days, with 10 surviving beyond 2 yr. Acute graft-vs.-host disease and viral pneumonia were the major causes of death. Leukemic cells failed to clear in 1 patient with end-stage disease; a relapse with meningeal leukemia occurred in another. Only 1 other relapse was seen (in a patient given a transplant during a 3rd remission). Survival was favorably affected by younger age and tranplantation during 1st remission. High-dose chemotherapy with busulfan and cyclophosphamide, followed by allogeneic marrow transplantation, can apparently produce long-term remission of acute leukemia. Chemotherapy with high-dose busulfan and cyclophosphamide before transplantation provides an effective alternative to cyclophosphamide and total-body irradiation before transplantation for the treatment of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.