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BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 15, Issue 11, Pages 1447-1454Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.07.014
Keywords
Lymphoma; Autologous transplant; Busulfan
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- Clinical Research of the Leukenna & Lymphoma Society
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High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) has been established as a standard form of therapy for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). While many high-dose chemotherapy combinations are used, no single regimen has proved superior over another. Here, we report our single center's experience in patients with NHL undergoing ASCT with the combination of busulfan and cyclophosphamide (Bu/Cy). This study is a retrospective analysis of 78 consecutive patients with NHL who underwent ASCT with Bu/Cy at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Data were collected through review of electronic medical records. A total of 78 patients with NHL underwent ASCT with Bu/Cy preparative therapy between 1996 and 2006. Median follow-up for survivors was 5.0 years (range, 6 months to 12 years). Significant transplantation-associated complications included 9 documented bacterial infections, 4 cases of engraftment syndrome, 3 cases of hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOID), 6 cases of cardiac complications, and 2 cases of pulmonary fibrosis. The 100-day treatment-related mortality (TRM) was 1%. At 3 years, progression-free survival (PFS) was 48% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 37% to 59%) and overall survival (OS) was 65% (95% CI = 53% to 74%). Our data indicate that in patients with NHL undergoing ASCT Bu/Cy has efficacy and toxicity comparable to that of other reported regimens. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 15: 7447-1454 (2009) (C) 2009 American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
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