Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the management of follicular lymphoma

Chitra HosingDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USAAbstract: Although much has been published on the application of autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with folli...

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Autor principal: Chitra Hosing
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Sumario:Chitra HosingDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USAAbstract: Although much has been published on the application of autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL), no uniform consensus exists among physicians on when to use this strategy. Three large randomized trials failed to show a survival benefit using autologous transplantation for FL patients in first complete remission. Similarly, many Phase II or registry-based studies have also failed to show a survival benefit with autologous transplantation in relapsed or refractory FL patients, although the progression-free survival seems to be prolonged in transplant recipients. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation can cure a subset of patients with FL, but high nonrelapse mortality and  morbidity remain a concern. No consensus exists on what conditioning regimen should be used,or how the newer monoclonal antibodies should be incorporated into the transplant paradigm. Here we present a review of the role of autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with FL.Keywords: review, follicular lymphoma, allogeneic transplantation, autologous transplantation