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MATERIALS AND METHODS<br />

Patients. Fifteen consecutive patients undergoing ABMT were included in<br />

this study: 6 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), 3 with acute lymphoid<br />

leukemia (ALL) and 6 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Table 1 shows<br />

the main clinical and hematologic data of the patients at the time of autograft.<br />

The median age was 42 years (range, 20 to 56). The median follow-up time post-<br />

ABMT was 12 months (range, 2 to 28). All patients were transplanted in complete<br />

remission. AML and ALL patients as well as 3 out of 6 patients with NHL<br />

were autografted with mafosfamide purged marrow. The method of adjusted<br />

dose marrow purging ao)<br />

was performed on an individual basis aimed at evaluating<br />

mafosfamide-induced growth inhibition of primitive adherent blast<br />

colony-forming unit (CFU-Blast). <strong>Marrow</strong> was purged with the concentration of<br />

mafosfamide resulting in 50% inhibition of CFU-Blast growth (ID^). With this<br />

technique the value of CFU-Blast ID50 has been shown to be significantly higher<br />

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