Table 1 Patient characteristics, treatment and toxicity

From: Efficacy and safety of high-dose chemotherapy with in vivo purged auto-SCT in relapsed follicular lymphoma: long-term follow-up

 

No

%

Total number

36

 

Sex M/F

21/15

58/42

Median age (range), years

55 (33–63)

 

Histology

  

 Grade 1

16

44

 Grade 2

12

33

 Grade 3

8

22

Ann Arbor stage

  

 I

2

6

 II

1

3

 III

6

16

 IV

27

75

FLIPI

  

 Low

13

36

 Intermediate

16

44

 High

7

19

BM involvement

27

75

No. of previous treatments

 1

35

97

 2

1

3

Months from last therapy, median (range)

21 (2–113)

 

Treatment after high-dose (HD)-araC

 Group 1: BEAM/M-M

7

19

 Group 2: Melphalan, BEAM/M-M

6

16

 Group 3: HD-VP16, BEAM/M-M

7

19

 Group 4: dexaBEAM, BEAM/M-M

16

44

No. of death

10

28

Causes of death

  

 Infections

5

14

 Myelodysplasia

1

3

 Other tumor

1

3

 Progressive disease

3

8

  1. Dosage were as follows: Melphalan, 180 mg/m2; HD-VP16, etoposide 2.4 g/m2. Conditioning consisted of either BEAM or mitoxantrone, 60 mg/m2 and melphalan, 180 mg/m2 (M-M).