title: Early relapse after non myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia in complete molecular remission.
abstract: We described a 41-year-old patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) who experienced two successive relapses: one after all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment and chemotherapy, and another after ATRA treatment and chemotherapy, followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. A third complete remission (CR) was achieved with arsenic trioxide (As2O3) therapy. Mini-transplantation was performed as consolidation therapy. While the patient was in molecular remission at the beginning of conditioning regimen, a new relapse arose after transplantation at time of cell recovery. This raises a potential relationship between relapse and the severe immunosuppression induced by mini-transplantation. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a mini-allograft in an APL patient achieving molecular remission after As2O3 therapy.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hematologie Clinique, Hopital Edouard Herriot, 69437 Lyon cedex 03, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tavernier
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077237:Arsenic Trioxide; D001152:Arsenicals / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010087:Oxides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012074:Remission Induction; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001152:Arsenicals; D010087:Oxides; D014212:Tretinoin; D000077237:Arsenic Trioxide