title: Nonablative hematopoietic cell transplantation for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Nonablative hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is becoming a preferred treatment for those recipients in whom the potential toxicity risk of standard ablative allogeneic therapy may be unacceptable. Graft-versus-malignancy effects may be generated against epithelial malignancies which are similar to the graft-versus-leukemia activity that is well documented in human hematological malignancies. Renal cell carcinoma has been shown to be responsive to immunotherapy with recombinant human cytokines and may be an ideal model for exploring this novel therapy. Clinical investigations have demonstrated regression of metastatic renal cell carcinoma occurs in some patients following nonablative allogeneic HCT. However, graft-versus-host disease remains a significant toxicity of nonablative transplantation, and further investigations are warranted to further evaluate this promising approach and to improve its safety.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Hematological Malignancy Program/Immunology, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abonour
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D016207:Cytokines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006085:Graft Survival; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D020350:Graft vs Tumor Effect; D006801:Humans; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D008558:Melphalan; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009392:Nephrectomy; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013852:Thiotepa; D018183:Transplantation Chimera; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014740:Vidarabine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016207:Cytokines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D013852:Thiotepa; D014740:Vidarabine; C024352:fludarabine; D008558:Melphalan