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survival is observed in 30-50% of patients with relapsed or refractory disease 12<br />

<strong>and</strong> in 80-100% of those with putative high-risk features transplanted in an initial<br />

complete or partial remission. 3,4<br />

Numerous reports have demonstrated that the main<br />

problems with autoSCT are disease recurrence <strong>and</strong>, to a much lesser extent, fatal<br />

nonrelapse mortality occurring relatively early after the procedure, i.e.,

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