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Table 1. Clinical characteristics<br />

Stiff, Kerger, <strong>and</strong> Bayer 381<br />

Number treated 164<br />

Age (years) 49 (23-65)<br />

Stage at diagnosis<br />

I 9<br />

II 12<br />

III 108<br />

IV 34<br />

Histology<br />

Serous 120<br />

Endometrioid 21<br />

Clear cell 6<br />

Other 17<br />

Relapsed/refractory disease 152<br />

Consolidation therapy 12<br />

Platinum sensitive 47%<br />

Bulk at transplant<br />

NED 11%<br />

Microscopic 12%<br />

1 cm 46%<br />

Median time from diagnosis to transplant 16 months<br />

Median follow-up as of 7/98 36 months<br />

Responses<br />

The median PFS for all 164 patients was 7.7 months, <strong>and</strong> their OS was 17.3<br />

months, of whom 53% had platinum-resistant disease at the time of transplant. In<br />

keeping with our prior reports, those with platinum-resistant disease did poorly,<br />

with PFS <strong>and</strong> OS of only 5.6 <strong>and</strong> 10.5 months (Fig. 1). Unlike the survival reported<br />

in the analysis of our first 100 patients, the OS for those reported now with<br />

platinum-resistant, low tumor bulk (

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