title: Successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for early relapse after autologous bone marrow transplantation in two cases of aggressive high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: Two patients with high-grade disseminated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma relapsed 3 and 7 months respectively after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous BMT performed in first complete remission. Both patients had an HLA-identical sibling and received an allogeneic BMT 5 and 10 months after autologous BMT, after conditioning with fractionated 12 Gy total body irradiation plus cyclophosphamide. They both are alive and well, with a Karnofsky score of 100%, 15 and 27 months after allogeneic BMT. For selected patients with HLA-identical siblings and good performance status who relapse after autologous transplantation for high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, allogeneic BMT may be an option.
authors.affiliation: Haematology Department, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Méchinaud
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mahé
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Le Tortorec
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maisonneuve
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Harousseau
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Milpied
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous