Prospective study of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation in adult patients with advanced desmoplastic small round-cell tumour

Br J Cancer. 2003 Oct 6;89(7):1159-61. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601304.

Abstract

A total of 10 desmoplastic small round-cell tumour patients were treated by high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell support. After high-dose chemotherapy, no complete response conversion was obtained and EWS-WT1 fusion transcript detection was positive in the peripheral blood during follow-up in all patients. High-dose chemotherapy did not seem to change the results in desmoplastic small round-cell tumour.

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / genetics
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / therapy*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • DNA Primers / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / metabolism
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Survival Rate
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • EWS1-WT1 fusion protein, human
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion