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Autologous stem cell transplantation for advanced Hodgkin's disease in children

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This study evaluates the outcome of myeloablative chemo-radiotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in children with Hodgkin's disease (HD). Twenty children aged 5 to 18 years (median 10.8 years) at diagnosis, with relapsed, refractory or very poor prognosis HD, underwent ASCT in eight hospitals of our country. Status at transplant was: second complete remission (CR2): n = 12; further cr (cr >2): n = 3, partial remission (PR): n = 2, relapse: n = 2 and first CR (CR1): n = 1. Eighteen patients received chemotherapy-based conditioning regimens: cyclophosphamide, carmustine and etoposide (CBV): 11 (55%), carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine and melphalan (BEAM): 5, other: 2; and two patients were conditioned with TBI/Cy. Peripheral blood (PB) was the source of progenitor cells in 12 patients, BM in seven, and BM plus PB, in one. All patients engrafted. One patient died of sepsis and multiorgan failure at day 28 after transplantation. All four patients with measurable disease (PR or relapse) at transplantation attained complete remission. Five patients relapsed 5–34 months after transplant (median: 11 months). Eighteen children remain alive with a median survival time of 40 months. The projected 5-year overall survival and event-free survival (EFS) rates were 0.95 and 0.62. High-dose therapy with stem cell rescue can lead to durable remissions in children with advanced HD. Bone Marrow Transplantation (2000) 25, 31–34.

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Verdeguer, A., Pardo, N., Madero, L. et al. Autologous stem cell transplantation for advanced Hodgkin's disease in children. Bone Marrow Transplant 25, 31–34 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1702094

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