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K Sawafuji

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PubMed2001

[Allogeneic stem cell transplantation].

Over the last two decades, four major therapeutic approaches have dramatically changed the prognosis in chronic myelogenous leukemia(CML). Those include allogeneic stem cell transplantation, interferon-alpha based regimen, donor-leukocyte infusions, and the revolutionary BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor such as STI571. Each modality has exploited and targeted different aspects of CML biology, and is associated with different risk-benefit ratios. In this section, we update the results of both related and unrelated donor transplantation, donor lymphocyte infusions, and non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation in CML in comparison with the other treatment modalities.

Adult↗
PubMed2000

Response to combined modality treatment in a five-year survivor of extensive small cell lung cancer with severe complications.

We present a rare case of a five-year survivor of small cell lung cancer with severe complications who responded to combined modality treatment. Prior to initial chemotherapy, he experienced severe complications including sepsis, pneumonia, ileus, and a performance status of 4. He was treated with an ileus tube and IVH, and was managed by mechanical ventilation for four days. After his general condition improved, he received combination chemotherapy of carboplatin, with the target area under the plasma concentration versus the time curve (AUC) of 5 mg x min/ml day 1, and etoposide (80 mg/m2) on days 1, 2, 3 for four courses, and complete remission (CR) was obtained. Six months later, systemic relapse occurred, but he achieved complete remission again with nine courses of CODE (cisplatin, vincristine, adriamycin, and etoposide) chemotherapy and sequential chest radiotherapy. Five years after the initial chemotherapy, the patient is alive and disease free.

Carcinoma, Small Cell↗