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Boyer <strong>and</strong> Y eager<br />

SUMMARY<br />

Most of the available data suggest that autoBMT <strong>and</strong> UD BMT are roughly<br />

equivalent for ALL patients in first remission, although no prospective studies have<br />

yet addressed this issue. For patients beyond first remission, the data seem to favor<br />

UD BMT, in both adults <strong>and</strong> children. This area will likely remain controversial, as<br />

both auto- <strong>and</strong> alloBMT are rapidly changing fields. Clearly, for both auto- <strong>and</strong> UD<br />

BMT, results are less than completely gratifying. In autoBMT, lack of effective in<br />

vivo purging probably overshadows effects of in vitro purging. In UD BMT, the<br />

mortality of GVHD probably overshadows much of the beneficial effects of a GVL<br />

reaction. Attempts to provide for a CTL-mediated GVL effect in the setting of an<br />

autoBMT may allow combining the benefits of both <strong>autologous</strong> <strong>and</strong> allogeneic BMT.<br />

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