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Hematologic malignancy

Current Treatment Patterns and the Role of Upfront Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma: A Korean Nationwide, Multicenter Prospective Registry Study (CISL 1404): Hyungwoo Cho, Dok Hyun Yoon, Dong-Yeop Shin, Youngil Koh, Sung-Soo Yoon, Seok Jin Kim, Young Rok Do, Gyeong-Won Lee, Jae-Yong Kwak, Yong Park, Min Kyoung Kim, Hye Jin Kang, Jun Ho Yi, Kwai Han Yoo, Won Sik Lee, Byeong Bae Park, Jae Cheol Jo, Hyeon-Seok Eom, Hyo Jung Kim, Seong Hyun Jeong, Young-Woong Won, Byeong Seok Sohn, Ji-Hyun Kwon, Cheolwon Suh, Won Seog Kim; Cancer Res Treat. 2023;55(2):684-692. Published online January 2, 2023; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2022.1434

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Purpose
We conducted a nationwide, multicenter, prospective registry study for newly diagnosed patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) to better define the clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, survival outcomes, and the role of upfront autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in these patients.
Materials and Methods
Patients with PTCL receiving chemotherapy with curative intent were registered and prospectively monitored. All patients were pathologically diagnosed with PTCL.
Results
A total of 191 patients with PTCL were enrolled in this prospective registry study. PTCL, not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS) was the most common pathologic subtype (n=80, 41.9%), followed by angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) (n=60, 31.4%). With a median follow-up duration of 3.9 years, the 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) rates were 39.5% and 60.4%, respectively. The role of upfront ASCT was evaluated in patients who were considered transplant-eligible (n=59). ASCT was performed as an upfront consolidative treatment in 32 (54.2%) of these patients. There were no significant differences in PFS and OS between the ASCT and non-ASCT groups for all patients (n=59) and for patients with PTCL-NOS (n=26). However, in patients with AITL, the ASCT group was associated with significantly better PFS than the non-ASCT group, although there was no significant difference in OS.
Conclusion
The current study demonstrated that the survival outcomes with the current treatment options remain poor for patients with PTCL-NOS. Upfront ASCT may provide a survival benefit for patients with AITL, but not PTCL-NOS.

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Circulating Tumor DNA–Based Genotyping and Monitoring for Predicting Disease Relapses of Patients with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas: Seok Jin Kim, Yeon Jeong Kim, Sang Eun Yoon, Kyung Ju Ryu, Bon Park, Donghyun Park, Duck Cho, Hyun-Young Kim, Junhun Cho, Young Hyeh Ko, Woong-Yang Park, Won Seog Kim; Cancer Res Treat. 2023;55(1):291-303. Published online March 2, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2022.017

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Purpose
Plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) could reflect the genetic alterations present in tumor tissues. However, there is little information about the clinical relevance of cell-free DNA genotyping in peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).
Materials and Methods
After targeted sequencing plasma cell-free DNA of patients with various subtypes of PTCL (n=94), we analyzed the mutation profiles of plasma ctDNA samples and their predictive value of dynamic ctDNA monitoring for treatment outcomes.
Results
Plasma ctDNA mutations were detected in 53 patients (56%, 53/94), and the detection rate of somatic mutations was highest in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (24/31, 77%) and PTCL, not otherwise specified (18/29, 62.1%). Somatic mutations were detected in 51 of 66 genes that were sequenced, including the following top 10 ranked genes: RHOA, CREBBP, KMT2D, TP53, IDH2, ALK, MEF2B, SOCS1, CARD11, and KRAS. In the longitudinal assessment of ctDNA mutation, the difference in ctDNA mutation volume after treatment showed a significant correlation with disease relapse or progression. Thus, a ≥ 1.5-log decrease in genome equivalent (GE) between baseline and the end of treatment showed a significant association with better survival outcomes than a < 1.5-log decrease in GE.
Conclusion
Our results suggest the clinical relevance of plasma ctDNA analysis in patients with PTCL. However, our findings should be validated by a subsequent study with a larger study population and using a broader gene panel.

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Predictive Factors of Event-Free Survival at 24 Months in Patients with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma: A Retrospective Study: Yu Ri Kim, Soo-Jeong Kim, Hye Sun Lee, Soyoung Jeon, Hyunsoo Cho, Haerim Chung, Ji Eun Jang, June-Won Cheong, Yoo Hong Min, Jin Seok Kim; Cancer Res Treat. 2022;54(2):613-620. Published online August 5, 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2021.270

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Purpose
Event-free survival at 24 months (EFS24) is known to be a surrogate marker for overall survival (OS) for patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). We examined the role of EFS24 in PTCL compared to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and then assessed the clinical predictive factors of achieving EFS24.
Materials and Methods
Patients with newly diagnosed PTCL treated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy were included. Subsequent OS was defined as the time elapsed from 24 months after diagnosis until death from any cause in those who achieved EFS24.
Results
Overall, 153 patients were evaluated, and 51 patients (33.3%) achieved EFS24. Patients who achieved EFS24 showed superior OS compared to patients who did not (p < 0.001). EFS24 could stratify the subsequent OS although it did not reach to that of the general population. After matching the PTCL group to the DLBCL group based on the international prognostic index, the subsequent OS in patients who achieved EFS24 was similar between the two groups (p=0.094). Advanced stage was a significant factor to predict the failing EFS24 by multivariable analysis (p < 0.001).
Conclusion
Patients with PTCL who achieve EFS24 could have a favorable subsequent OS. Since advanced disease stage is a predictor of EFS24 failure, future efforts should focus on developing novel therapeutic strategies for PTCL patients presenting with advanced disease.

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Palliative Medicine

Safety, Efficacy, and Patient Satisfaction with Initial Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Compared with Usual Intravenous Access in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Randomized Phase II Study: Eun Ju Park, Kwonoh Park, Jae-Joon Kim, Sang-Bo Oh, Ki Sun Jung, So Yeon Oh, Yun Jeong Hong, Jin Hyeok Kim, Joo Yeon Jang, Ung-Bae Jeon; Cancer Res Treat. 2021;53(3):881-888. Published online December 22, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.1008

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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether routine insertion of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) at admission to a hospice-palliative care (HPC) unit is acceptable in terms of safety and efficacy and whether it results in superior patient satisfaction compared to usual intravenous (IV) access.
Materials and Methods
Terminally ill cancer patients were randomly assigned to two arms: routine PICC access and usual IV access arm. The primary endpoint was IV maintenance success rate, defined as the rate of functional IV maintenance until the intended time (discharge, transfer, or death).
Results
A total of 66 terminally ill cancer patients were enrolled and randomized to study arms. Among them, 57 patients (routine PICC, 29; usual IV, 28) were analyzed. In the routine PICC arm, mean time to PICC was 0.84 days (range, 0 to 3 days), 27 patients maintained PICC with function until the intended time. In the usual IV arm, 11 patients maintained peripheral IV access until the intended time, and 15 patients underwent PICC insertion. The IV maintenance success rate in the routine PICC arm (27/29, 93.1%) was similar to that in the usual IV arm (26/28, 92.8%, p=0.958). Patient satisfaction at day 5 was better in the routine PICC arm (97%, ‘a little comfort’ or ‘much comfort’) compared with the usual IV arm (21%) (p <0.001).
Conclusion
Routine PICC insertion in terminally ill cancer patients was comparable in safety and efficacy and resulted in superior satisfaction compared with usual IV access. Thus, routine PICC insertion could be considered at admission to the HPC unit.

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Breast cancer

Upregulated N6-Methyladenosine RNA in Peripheral Blood: Potential Diagnostic Biomarker for Breast Cancer: Han Xiao, Xiaobo Fan, Rui Zhang, Guoqiu Wu; Cancer Res Treat. 2021;53(2):399-408. Published online October 27, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.870

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Purpose
An effective biomarker for the diagnosis of breast cancer (BC) and benign breast diseases (BBD) is crucial for improving the prognosis. We investigated whether N6-methyladenosine (m⁶A) can be a diagnostic biomarker of BC.
Materials and Methods
We detected the contents of peripheral blood m⁶A in 62 patients with BC, 41 patients with BBD, and 41 normal controls (NCs) using the colorimetric method. The relative expression of the m⁶A regulated genes methyltransferase-like 14 (METTL14) and fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) was analyzed using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction.
Results
m⁶A in peripheral blood RNA was significantly higher in patients with BC than that in patients with BBD (p < 0.001) or the NCs (p < 0.001). m⁶A was closely associated with the disease stage (from stage 0 to stage I-IV, p=0.003). The receiver operating characteristic curve of m⁶A contained an area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.887 in BC, which was greater than that of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) or carbohydrate antigen 153 (CA153). The combination of m⁶A, CEA, and CA153 improved the AUC to 0.914. The upregulated and downregulated mRNA expression of METTL14 and FTO, respectively, might contribute to the increase of m⁶A in patients with BC. m⁶A combined with METTL14 and FTO improved the AUC to 0.929 with a specificity of 97.4% in the peripheral blood of patients with BC.
Conclusion
The peripheral blood RNA of m⁶A might be a valuable biomarker for the diagnosis of BC.

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Prognostic Factors in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients Treated by Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single Center Experience: Cheolwon Suh, Sang Hee Kim, Hyo Jung Kim, Geundoo Jang, Eun Kyung Kim, Ok Bae Ko, Shin Kim, Hee Jung Sohn, Jung Shin Lee, M. Wookun Kim, Jooryung Huh; Cancer Res Treat. 2005;37(5):294-301. Published online October 31, 2005; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2005.37.5.294

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Purpose

Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is increasingly used in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Various clinical parameters-were evaluated to obtain significant predictors of the outcome following ASCT in patients with NHL.

Materials and Methods

Between April 1994 and December 2003, ASCT was performed on 80 patients with NHL at the Asan Medical Center.

Results

Patients had various histological subtypes and disease status. The two year progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival for all patients were 34 and 31%, respectively. A univariate analysis showed the performance status, stage, modified extranodal involvement category, International Prognostic Index (IPI) at mobilization, disease status at mobilization, and history of radiation prior to mobilization as significant predictors of the outcome following ASCT. Four risk groups, with different 2 year PFS, were identified by the age adjusted IPI at mobilization (mAAIPI): low risk 44%; low intermediate risk 40%; high intermediate risk 19%; and high risk 0% (p=.0003). A multivariate analysis revealed 3 significant factors for the PFS: disease status, prior RT and mAAIPI.

Conclusion

The mAAIPI was found to be an independent predictor of the outcome of NHL patients undergoing ASCT. This powerful prognostic tool should be used to evaluate potential candidates for ASCT.

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High-Dose Chemotherapy of Cyclophosphamide, Thiotepa and Carboplatin (CTCb) followed by Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation as a Consolidation for Breast Cancer Patients with 10 or more Positive Lymph Nodes: a 5-Year follow-Up Results: Hee-Jung Sohn, Sang-Hee Kim, Gyeong-Won Lee, Shin Kim, Jin-Hee Ahn, Sung-Bae Kim, Sang-We Kim, Woo Kun Kim, Cheolwon Suh; Cancer Res Treat. 2005;37(3):137-142. Published online June 30, 2005; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2005.37.3.137

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Purpose

The benefit of consolidation high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) for high-risk primary breast cancer is controversial. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of consolidation HDC with cyclophosphamide, thiotepa and carboplatin (CTCb) followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) in resected breast cancer patients with 10 or more positive lymph nodes.

Materials and Methods

Between December 1994 and April 2000, 22 patients were enrolled. All patients received 2 to 6 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery for breast cancer. The HDC regimen consisted of cyclophosphamide 1,500 mg/m²/day, thiotepa 125 mg/m²/day and carboplatin 200 mg/m²/day intravenous for 4 consecutive days.

Results

With a median follow-up of 58 months, 11 patients recurred and died. The median disease-free survival (DFS) and median overall survival (OS) were 49 and 69 months, respectively. The 5-year DFS and OS rates were 50% and 58%, respectively. The 12 patients with 10 to 18 involved nodes had better 5-year DFS (67%) and OS (75%) than 10 patients with more than 18 involved nodes (30% and 38%, respectively). The most common grade 3 or 4 nonhematologic toxicity was diarrhea, which occurred in 5 patients (23%). No treatment-related death was observed.

Conclusion

Consolidation HDC with CTCb followed by ASCT for resected breast cancer with more than 10 positive nodes had an acceptable toxicity but does not show promising survival.

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Potentials of Fractionated Infusions of Low-dose Peripheral Blood Stem Cells (PBSCs) to Overcome the Hematologic Toxocities after Combination Chemotherapy: Seok Goo Cho, Jun Mo Lee, Jin No Park, Hoon Kyo Kim, Sung Eun Namkoong, Kyung Shick Lee, Chun Choo Kim; J Korean Cancer Assoc. 2000;32(5):943-953.

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We tried to evaluate the clinical usefullness of fractionated low-dose infusions of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) as a supportive care.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Four patients were entered onto this study who were diagnosed to have gastric lymphoma (n=1) and advanced ovarian carcinomas (n=3). To overcome the hematologic toxicities, G-CSF-mobilized PBSCs were collected early in disease course. Harvested products were cryopreserved in aliquotes and then infused after each cycle. Planned therapeutic schedules should be performed without changes of dose and interval regardless of hematologic toxicities.
RESULTS
20 cycles of chemotherapies were performed and data of infused cell doses were as follows: median number of PBSCs infusions, 4.5 (3~5); median MNCs, CFU-GM colony counts per infusion of low-dose PBSCs, 1.7 108/kg (1.0~2.4), 3.2 104/kg (2.1~11.8). Among 20 cycles, delayed recovery of thrombocytopenia was shown on 10 cycles. Leukopenia (III/IV) and thrombocytopenia (III/IV) were shown on 8/6 cycles and 8/2 cycles. In spite of myelosuppression, they were successfully treated with planned dose-intensity. Especially incomplete platelet recovery was successfully rescuced by using fractionated infusions of low-dose PBSCs.
CONCLUSION
These data warrant further clinical trials to evaluate the potentials of fractionated low-dose infusions of PBSCs collected early in disease course for overcoming accumulated hematologic toxicities, especially thrombocytopenia complicated by repeated chemotherapies.

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A Case of Triple-Alkylating Regimen and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation for a Patient with Relapsed Ovarian Carcinoma: Jun Mo Lee, Seok Goo Cho, Jin No Park, Young Sun Hong, Hoon Kyo Kim, Sung Eun Namkoong, Kyung Shick Lee, Chun Choo Kim; J Korean Cancer Assoc. 2000;32(4):817-821.

Abstract PDF: Despite an aggressive surgical debulking followed by front-line chemotherapy, most patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma die of drug-resistant disease. Drug resistance can be overcome in a subset of patients with hematologic malignancies and lymphoma with high-dose therapy (HDT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, suggesting that this therapy may also be value in ovarian carcinoma. We report the successful outcome of HDT and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) in a 41-year-old nulliparous woman who initially was diagnosed with advanced ovarian carcicnoma with FIGO stage IIIc. Her disease relapsed after 19 months from initial therapy of definitive surgery and intra- and post-operative chemotherapy. Subsequently, she received optimal debulking surgery and salvage chemotherapy followed by HDT with triple- alkylating regimen, composed of cyclophosphamide (100 mg/kg), thiotepa (500 mg/m2), and melphalan (100 mg/m2). Her pretranplant characteristics were platinum-sensitive and complete response state. She showed rapid hematologic recovery and mild regimen-related toxicity (Bear man's toxicity criteria), stomatitis (grade I), cardiac toxicitiy (grade II). She has been followed up for 36 months after the inital therapy and is doing well without relapse.

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Hematopoietic Recovery of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells Stored at 4degrees C: Seok Goo Cho, Eun Jee Oh, Jun Mo Lee, Hoon Kyo Kim, Kyung Shick Lee, Chun Choo Kim; J Korean Cancer Assoc. 2000;32(3):647-654.

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Cryopreservation has been the standard method of storing hematopoietic cells for the past 20 years, but this prdegrees Cedure is laborious and expensive. So, we evaluated the hematopoietic recovery of stored PBSCs at 4degrees C for a variable storage period MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eight leukapheresis products were kept unprdegrees Cessed at 4degrees C for 96 hours. To evaluate the effect of storage period on the hematopoietic recovery of PBSCs, assays for viability of mononuclear cells (MNCs), CFU-GM colony counts and CD34 cell counts were performed every 24 hours after PBSC collection. We tried to compare hematopoetic recovery of stored PBSCs at 4degrees C with that of cryopreserved PBSCs by using repeated measures ANOVA.
RESULTS
Viability of MNCs, CFU-GM colony counts and CD34 cell counts were monitored at 24 hour, 48 hour, 72 hour and 96 hour after PBSC collection. Data are expressed as percentage of baseline value and shown as mean s.d.; MNCs viability (96+/-2%, 94+/-2%, 92+/-2%, 88+/- 3%), CFU-GM colony counts (87+/-10%, 79+/-11%, 65+/-13%, 56+/-15%), and CD34 cell counts (93+/-13%, 93+/-12%, 88+/-14%, 85+/-19%). After storing PBSCs at 4degrees C for 96 hours, viability of MNCs and CFU-GM colony counts were significantly reduced (p<0.05) except CD34 cell concentration (p>0.05). Prdegrees Cedures of controlled-rate freezing and thawing resulted in a notable loss of viability (77+/-9%) and CFU-GM colony count (71+/-29%). CFU-GM colony counts of 72 hour-stored PBSCs at 4degrees C was similar to those of cryopreserved PBSCs.
CONCLUSION
If G-CSF mobilized PBSCs are stored at 4degrees C in less than 72 hours after collection, those hematopoietic recovery would be comparable to that of cryopreserved stem cells which are achieved by the rate-control freezer.

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Peripheral T - cell Lymphomas Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin: Dae Seog Heo, Keun Seok Lee, Joor Yung Huh, Yung Jue Bang, Seon Yang Park, Chul Woo Kim, Byoung Kook Kim, Noe Kyeong Kim; J Korean Cancer Assoc. 1998;30(2):329-337.

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Peripheral T-cell lymphomas(PTCL) show diverse clinical and histological characteristics and should be understood as mixtures of heterogeneous entities. Although many clinical and biological parameters have been proposed for classifying PTCL into different prognostic groups, few parameters have turned out to be appropriate for classification. To investigate the clinical significance of FUO presentation in PTCL, comparisons of clinical parameters were performed using non-FUO presentation as a control.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
66 cases of Korean PTCL were divided into FUO group and non-FUO group according to the presentation and compared with each other.
RESULTS
Among 66 patients of PTCL, 19 patients presented with FUO. Compared with non-FUO group, FUO group showed no significant age and sex ratio differences. FUO group showed more advanced stage, worse performance status than non-FUO group. Predominant sites of definite diagnosis were skin, gastrointestinal tract and liver in FUO group and nasal cavity and paranasal sinus in non-FUO group. There were no significant differences between histologic classifications of both groups. Survival analysis revealed significant differences between both groups. FUO group showed significantly shorter survival. Prognostic factor analysis(multivariate) was done with stage, LDH level, performance status, and FUO status. FUO status, stage and performance status were significant determinants of survival, but LDH level proved to have no prognostic implication.
CONCLUSION
PTCL with FUO presentation showed such distinct characteristics that the authors propose fever of unknown origin(FUO) as a clinical parameter for classifying PTCL. Further studies are needed to identify biological parameters which characterize PTCL with FUO presentation.

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High Dose Cyclophosphamide, Thiotepa, and Carboplatin followed by Autologous Peripheral Stem Cell Rescue in Patients with Responsive Metastatic or High - Risk Primary Breast Cancer: Se Haeng Cho, Sang Hee Kim, Young Joo Min, Sung Joon Choi, Jung Kyun Kim, Tae Won Kim, Jong Soo Choi, Dai Young Zang, Je Hwan Lee, Sung Bae Kim, Cheol Won Suh, Kyoo Hyung Lee, Jung Shin Lee, Woo Kun Kim, Se Hyun Ahn, Jung Mi Park, Sang We Kim; J Korean Cancer Assoc. 1998;30(1):100-105.

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Positive correlation between dosage of antineoplastic agents and tumor response is well demonstrated in advanced breast cancer. But severe bone marrow depression limit the clinical application of high dose chemotherapy. Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation(PBSCT) after high dose chemotherapy(HDC) was introduced to promote rapid bone marrow recovery. This study was designed to establish the feasibility of combining high dose cyclophosphamide, thiotepa, and carboplatin chemotherapy followed by stem cell rescue in patients with responsive metastatic or high risk primary breast cancer.
MATERIALS AND METHOD
Eligibility criteria included the presence of high risk primary breast cancer(10 or more involved axillary lymph node, n=4), recurrent disease after curative resection(n=6) or stage IV disease at the time of diagnosis(n=1). The responses of recurrent disease to initial chemotherapy were 4 complete responses and 1 partial responses. One recurrent case with solitary pulmonary metastasis underwent metastasectomy and got chemotherapy after operation. Colony stimulating factor was administered to mobilize stem cells from bone marrow to peripheral blood. The stem cell collection was performed 4~10 times(median 4) and the number of collected stem cell was 1.95~7.34x10(8)kg(median 4.87x10(8)/kg). High dose chemotherapy with CTCb (cyclophosphamide 1,500 mg/m2/day, thiotepa 125 mg/m2/day, carboplatin 200 mg/m2/ day) was performed from day -7 to day -4 and peripheral stem cell infusion was performed on day 0 as planned.
RESULT
Eleven patients were enrolled in this study. Their median age was 39 years old. The median time for bone marrow recovery was 11 days for neutrophil(>500/mm2) and 28 days for platelet(>50,000/mm2). Packed red blood cell and platelet transfusion were performed in 11 patients. The group whose infused mononuclear cell count was less than 4.0 x 10(8)/kg(n=9) needed longer time for bone marrow recovery than those(n=2) who had more than 4.0 x 10(8)/kg( 20 vs 13 day, p < 0.05 ). For non-hematologic toxicity, none have experienced toxicity more than grade III. There were 2 recurrences of 4 cases with high risk breast cancer at the 22 th, and 25 th month but they are still alive at the 28 th, and 29 th month each. The other 2 cases are alive without recurrences at the 18 th, and 20 th months each. In the recurrent disease group, one case who showed partial response to initial chemotherapy recurred at the 4 th month and died at the 13 th month after PBSCT. The other 5 cases are alive without recurrence at the 1st, 3 rd, 3 rd, 5 th, and 31 th month each. One case with stage IV disease(bone metastasis) is alive without evidence of progression at the 3 rd month.
CONCLUSION
High dose chemotherapy with PBSCT can be performed safely. Long term survival of patients with advanced breast cancer would be possible by PBSCT after HDC. Further clinical trials based on larger patient population is required to evaluate clinical efficacy of PBSCT after HDC in high risk and recurrent breast cancer.

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Clinicopathologic Comparison of Intermediate or High Grade Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma with Diffuse B-Cell Lymphoma: Kyung Hae Jung, In Sook Woo, Heung Moon Chang, Dae Seog Heo, Yung Jue Bang, Chul Woo Kim, Seonyang Park, Byoung Kook Kim, Noe Kyeong Kim; J Korean Cancer Assoc. 1997;29(1):136-145.

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Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) derived from mature T cells forms morphologically diverse group of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and the clinicopathologic features remain to be debated. In order to elucidate the specific characteristics of PTCL, comparison with a group of diffuse B-cell lymphomas (DBCL) was done.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Between Dec. 1989 and Feb. 1993, clinical data of 67 cases of intermediate or high grade NHL identified as T-cell or B-cell origin by immunophenotyping was reviewed.
RESULTS
There were 30 cases of PTCL and 37 cases of DBCL. PTCL had more advanced stage and B symptoms at diagnosis. Frequent sites of extranodal involvement were bone marrow, nasal cavity/paranasal sinus, and skin in PTCL and gastrointestinal tract in DBCL. Based on NCI Working Formulation, 40% of PTCL and 14% of DBCL were high grade. Patients with DBCL had a better 3-year overall survival rate (67% vs 47%), however, there was no difference in complete remission rate and disease-free survival rate between two groups with intensive treatment. A subgroup of PTCL patients who had died earlier was found to have more advanced stage and poor performance status.
CONCLUSION
Although patients with PTCL had worse survival in advanced stage, the outcome of patients with PTCL who received intensive treatment was comparable to that of DBCL.

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CD34+ Selected Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Hoon Kook, Hyeoung Joon Kim, Jin Soo Hwang, Keun Mo Kim, Keun Mo Kim, Ik Joo Chung, Tai Ju Hwang; J Korean Cancer Assoc. 1996;28(5):910-921.

Abstract PDF: The CD34 antigen is a 115 kDa glycoprotein that marks 1%-4% of human bone marrow cells, including virtually all committed progenitor cells and long-term reconstituting stem cells. The selection of CD34+ cells may be useful in several areas of clinical stem cell transplantation, including purging of tumor cells, T cell depletion, stem cell expansion and gene therapy. Using immunomagnetic beads method (Isolex-50TM), we report hereby the first two Korean experiences of CD34+ selected peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantations. As a mean of tumor cell purging, CD34+ cells were positively selected from mobilized PBPCs and infused to a 5-year-old girl with a relapsed stage IV neuroblastoma with resultant early short-term trilineage hematopoietic recovery. In the second patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia who showed poor graft function after having underwent an initial partially-matched bone marrow transplant, CD34+ selected allogeneic PBSC transplantation was attempted to reduce the likelihood of inducing graft-versus-host disease. Augmentation of marrow function was noted with infused PBSCs which were depleted of T cells to the degree of log3.65. As CD34+ selected PBSCs are capable of restoring hematopoietic recovery after high dose therapy, further development of selection technique to ensure high purging efficiency without significant loss of stem cells and further identification of best mobilizing and conditioning regimens are required in this new field of clinical transplantation.

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Engraftment Syndrome after Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Auto - transplantation - A report of the case -: Bong Seok Choi, Yeo Hyeon Ahn, You Jeong, Ik Joo Chung, Hyeoung Joon Kim, Hoon Kook, Tai Ju Hwang; J Korean Cancer Assoc. 1996;28(5):921-927.

Abstract PDF: We experienced two cases of engraftment syndrome (ES) in a 17-year-old boy with malignant lymphoma and in a 53-year-old female patient with small cell lung cancer following peripheral blood stem cell auto-transplantation. ES is a reproducible clinical constellation of fever, skin rash, capillary leak and pulmonary infiltrates without infection, characteristically observed during engraftment in patients undergoing autoglogous bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation. The incidence of ES has been reported to be about 60%. The early recognition of ES followed by administration of steroids might obviate the unnecessary use of antibiotics and help improve clinical manifestaions in the critical post-transplant neutropenic period.

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