Stem Cell Transplantation
High-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant eradicates relapsed primary effusion lymphoma
Published in Cancer Weekly, August 15th, 2006
"Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a recently recognized disease that occurs most often in immunosuppressed patients, either with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or in the post-transplantation setting, and it occasionally occurs in nonimmunosuppressed patients.
"Patients present with lymphomatous effusions in serous cavities-pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum-without any identifiable tumor mass," wrote investigators in South Korea.
According to the authors, "PEL rarely responds to systemic chemotherapy, and the...
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