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Bone marrow transplantation from unrelated donors for patients with adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16247419     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a highly aggressive haematological malignancy. More than 40 cases of ATLL treated by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from sibling donors have been reported, while there have been only a few cases of unrelated BMT for treatment of this disease. We began performing allogeneic BMT from unrelated donors in 1999 to improve the outcome of ATLL patients with no suitable sibling donors. Eight ATLL patients underwent unrelated BMT; five received the conventional conditioning regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation, while three received a reduced-intensity preparative regimen. Two patients died due to encephalopathy of unknown aetiology on days 10 and 35, and one patient died due to progression of ATLL 25 months after BMT. Five patients are currently alive and disease-free at a median of 20 months after BMT. Proviral human T-lymphotropic virus type-I (HTLV-I) DNA load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was assessed in four cases before and after BMT. HTLV-I proviral DNA load was reduced significantly after transplantation. Unrelated BMT is feasible for treatment of ATLL. Further studies in a larger number of cases are required to determine the optimal conditioning regimen and stem cell source.
Authors:
K Nakase; M Hara; T Kozuka; K Tanimoto; Y Nawa
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Bone marrow transplantation     Volume:  37     ISSN:  0268-3369     ISO Abbreviation:  Bone Marrow Transplant.     Publication Date:  2006 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-12-16     Completed Date:  2006-04-05     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8702459     Medline TA:  Bone Marrow Transplant     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  41-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Hematology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama City, Ehime, Japan. nakase.koichi@nifty.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / blood,  mortality,  therapy*
Living Donors*
Male
Middle Aged
Myeloablative Agonists / administration & dosage
Retrospective Studies
Transplantation Conditioning*
Transplantation, Homologous
Whole-Body Irradiation / methods
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Myeloablative Agonists; 50-18-0/Cyclophosphamide

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