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M Abecasis

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High-dose melphalan with autologous bone marrow rescue for the treatment of advanced adult solid tumors.

High-dose melphalan followed by "rescue" with autologous marrow stored for 12-24 hours at room temperature was used in the treatment of 14 patients with advanced tumors refractory to conventional treatment. Twelve patients were evaluable, with three complete responses (25%), five partial responses (42%), and two minimal responses (16%). Response durations ranged from 4 to 38 weeks (median, 7). There were two treatment-related deaths and one patient developed acute nonlymphocytic leukemia 3 months after a second course of high-dose melphalan.

Adult

High-dose melphalan and autologous bone marrow transplant for relapsed acute leukaemia.

Seven patients with relapsed acute leukaemia were treated with high-dose melphalan (HDM) followed by the infusion of autologous cryopreserved remission marrow. Toxicity was minimal and all seven patients had a complete response. Four patients are still in unmaintained remission at 14, 13, 10, and 3 months, the first two having received a second course of HDM to consolidate the result. The role of HDM as a form of intensification therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia in first remission should be investigated.

Adult

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