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Autologous Blood Cell Transplantation<br />

in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in First Remission:<br />

The BGMT Experience<br />

D. Blaise, C. Faberes, F. Bauduer, J. Reiffers for the BGMT G<br />

Since 1984, the BGMT group has conducted three consecutive prospective<br />

studies aiming to prospectively compare allogeneic <strong>and</strong>/or <strong>autologous</strong> stem cell<br />

<strong>transplantation</strong> (SCT) with intensive chemotherapy in patients with AML in first<br />

remission. From these studies, it was found that allogeneic SCT was superior to<br />

<strong>autologous</strong> SCT or intensive chemotherapy, <strong>and</strong> disease-free survival (DFS) of<br />

patients undergoing either <strong>autologous</strong> SCT or intensive chemotherapy was<br />

equivalent. For <strong>autologous</strong> SCT, the patients underwent either bone <strong>marrow</strong> or<br />

<strong>blood</strong> cell <strong>transplantation</strong> (BMT or BCT). From prospective <strong>and</strong> retrospective<br />

analyses, it was concluded that 7) hematopoietic recovery was significantly shorter<br />

after BCT than after BMT; 2) DFS <strong>and</strong> relapse incidence (RI) were not statistically<br />

different after either BCT or BMT; <strong>and</strong> 3) the timing of leukaphereses <strong>and</strong> the use<br />

of growth factors for <strong>blood</strong> cell collection did not influence DFS or RI in BCT<br />

patients.<br />

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