title: Blood and marrow transplant for lymphoma patients with HIV/AIDS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Important strides in the management of patients with HIV/AIDS-related lymphomas have been made in recent years. This review will discuss the role of bone marrow or peripheral stem-cell transplantation as a modality for patients with HIV and lymphoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy, patients with HIV-associated lymphoma are generally being treated with standard or only slightly modified chemotherapy regimens. Autologous bone marrow and stem-cell transplant approaches in lymphoma patients have been successful. Case reports suggest that allogeneic transplantation for patients with HIV and hematologic malignancies merits further investigation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High-dose hematopoietic stem-cell therapies with curative intent should be considered as standard therapeutic options in patients who otherwise are appropriate for such therapies.
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Nina D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Wagner-Johnston
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Ambinder
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000628:therapy*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology*