From December 1995 to April 1998, 20 consecutive adult patients suffering from chemosensitive relapse of Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (11 Hodgkin, 9 non-Hodgkin Lymphoma) received autologous stem cell transplantation. The median follow up period is 15 months (range 6-28). The overall survival is 18/20 (90 %), the event free survival is 13/20 (65%). None of the patients died of transplant related cause.