Prolonged molecular remission after autologous stem cell transplantation in relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia

Haematologica. 2004 May;89(5):621-2.

Abstract

Six patients with relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) received autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in second (n=5) or fourth (n=1) molecular remission with a molecularly negative graft. After a median follow-up of 33 months from ASCT, 5 patients are alive in molecular remission and one died 27 months after autograft from refractory relapse.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / therapy*
  • Male
  • Recurrence
  • Remission Induction
  • Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Transplantation, Autologous