Abstract
High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral-blood stem cell transplantation has resulted in long-term disease-free survival of 30%-60% in selected patients with refractory and relapsed Hodgkin's disease. In addition, a significant reduction in early transplant-related mortality in more recent studies has led to the widespread acceptance of autografting. Comparatively few studies of allografting for Hodgkin's disease have been performed. Although no prospective randomized trials have been performed, historical results show a significantly lower relapse rate when allografting results are compared to autografting results. These results suggest that a graft-versus-Hodgkin's disease effect may exist. Unfortunately, the lower relapse rate following allografting is offset by higher transplant-related mortality. The use of low-intensity nonmyeloablative regimens for allografting may harness a graft-versus-Hodgkin's disease effect with less morbidity and mortality than that observed following conventional allografting.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 212-221 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Clinical Lymphoma |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
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Keywords
- Allogeneic transplants
- Autologous stem cell transplantation
- Hodgkin's disease
- Relapsed disease
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research
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Stem cell transplantation for Hodgkin's disease : A review of the literature. / Carella, Angelo M.
In: Clinical Lymphoma, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2002, p. 212-221.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral-blood stem cell transplantation has resulted in long-term disease-free survival of 30%-60% in selected patients with refractory and relapsed Hodgkin's disease. In addition, a significant reduction in early transplant-related mortality in more recent studies has led to the widespread acceptance of autografting. Comparatively few studies of allografting for Hodgkin's disease have been performed. Although no prospective randomized trials have been performed, historical results show a significantly lower relapse rate when allografting results are compared to autografting results. These results suggest that a graft-versus-Hodgkin's disease effect may exist. Unfortunately, the lower relapse rate following allografting is offset by higher transplant-related mortality. The use of low-intensity nonmyeloablative regimens for allografting may harness a graft-versus-Hodgkin's disease effect with less morbidity and mortality than that observed following conventional allografting.
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