title: High-dose melphalan and autologous bone marrow transplant for relapsed acute leukaemia.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008558:Melphalan / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D008558:Melphalan