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172 Chapter 4: Lymphoma<br />

%OS<br />

100 i<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20 4.<br />

B 100j<br />

80<br />

%<br />

FFS<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

1 2 3 4" 5~<br />

TIME (YEARS)<br />

N= 106<br />

8 '9<br />

N= 106<br />

Figure 1.A: Actuarial overall survival calculated from the date of <strong>autologous</strong> stem cell<br />

<strong>transplantation</strong> for 106 patients with NHL receiving autoSCT in Southampton. B: Actuarial<br />

failure-free survival calculated from the date of <strong>autologous</strong> stem cell <strong>transplantation</strong> for 106<br />

patients with NHL receiving autoSCT in Southampton.<br />

distant <strong>and</strong> previously involved sites. In view of the predominance of patients with<br />

diffuse large B cell lymphoma, it was not possible to analyze patterns of relapse<br />

according to histological subtype. Although patient numbers are small, no obvious<br />

trend for local or locoregional relapse according to involved sites was observed.<br />

Since only seven patients received elective involved-field radiotherapy, its<br />

impact on patterns of relapse cannot be fully assessed. However, of the seven

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