title: Influence of transplantation regimen on prognostic significance of high-level minimal residual disease before allogeneic stem cell transplantation in children with ALL.
abstract: High MRD levels before transplantation in children receiving T cell-depleted unrelated grafts for relapsed ALL were associated with a 100% relapse risk. We report on two children with relapsed ALL who underwent non T cell-depleted BMT from unrelated donors. Despite a high residual tumor load pre- transplant and the occurrence of only aGVHD grade I, they are still in second complete remission 2.7 and 5.2 years after transplantation, respectively. Thus, we propose that the transplant regimens influence the prognostic significance of high MRD levels pre-BMT.
authors.affiliation: Children's Cancer Research Institute and St Anna Kinderspital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hettinger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matthes-Martin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konrad
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gadner
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Panzer-Grümayer
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012074:Remission Induction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous