title: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for mantle cell lymphoma--does it deserve a better look?
abstract: Mantle cell lymphoma is a subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Mantle cell is generally considered incurable with a median overall survival of about 3 years. It is most common in 50 - 70 year old individuals and for this reason transplantation is not a common therapeutic option. Autologous stem cell transplantation does not appear to improve survival with most patients relapsing after transplant and no disease-free plateau. We present 6 mantle cell patients that had a mean of 3 different types of therapy prior to allogeneic transplantation. Allogeneic transplantation is associated with substantial mortality post-transplant from acute toxicity and GVHD. Despite the extensive amount of pretransplant therapy in our patient population, there was no transplant related mortality. All patients are alive and in remission a median of 4.3 plus years after transplantation. Survival from the date of diagnosis is a median of 6.5 plus years. The results of this series would suggest that in a selected group of patients allogeneic stem cell transplantation may be the treatment of choice for lymphomas not curable by standard therapy or autotransplant.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rifkind
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mollee
authors.forename: Hans A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Messner
authors.forename: Jeffrey H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lipton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006085:Graft Survival; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020522:Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000379:methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome