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Article: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for high-risk brain tumors in children

TitleAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for high-risk brain tumors in children
Authors
KeywordsAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Brain tumor
Children
Relapse
Issue Date2008
PublisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0167-594X
Citation
Journal Of Neuro-Oncology, 2008, v. 86 n. 3, p. 337-347 How to Cite?
AbstractAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT) has been advocated as a form of salvage therapy for children with high-risk or relapsed brain tumors but only limited data are available currently. We report the outcomes of pediatric brain tumors treated with AHSCT in a quaternary referral center in Hong Kong over 10 years (June 1996-May 2006). Thirteen patients with medulloblastoma (n = 9), cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor (n = 1), ependymoma (n = 1), germ cell tumor (n = 1) and cerebellar rhabdoid (n = 1) were transplanted because of tumor residual (n = 1) or recurrence (n = 12). Uniform upfront treatment protocols were adopted according to specific tumor types. Prior to AHSCT, 8 patients (61.5%) achieved complete remission and 5 (38.5%) were in partial remission. Conditioning employed thiotepa 300 mg/m2, etoposide 250 mg/m2 and carboplatin 500 mg/m2 daily for 3 days. Toxicity included mucositis and neutropenic fever in all patients, grade 4 hepatic toxicity in 4 patients (including hepatic veno-occlusive disease in 2 patients) and grade 4 renal toxicity in 1 patient. The 5-year event-free survival was 53.9%. Five patients died of disease recurrence or progression 8-21 months after transplant with a median disease-free period of 8 months post-transplant. One died of transplant-related complications in the early post-transplant period. Seven survived for a median of 5.4 years (maximum follow-up of 9.8 years), with six having Lansky-Karnofsky performance score above 80. All survivors had complete remission before transplant though 2 had leptomeningeal spread. We conclude that AHSCT can achieve long-term survival in children with recurrent brain tumor. However, those with macroscopic residual tumor before transplant cannot be salvaged. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2007.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79946
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dc.contributor.authorCheuk, DKLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, TLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChiang, AKSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHa, SYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, GCFen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T08:00:36Z-
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dc.date.issued2008en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Neuro-Oncology, 2008, v. 86 n. 3, p. 337-347en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0167-594Xen_HK
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dc.description.abstractAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT) has been advocated as a form of salvage therapy for children with high-risk or relapsed brain tumors but only limited data are available currently. We report the outcomes of pediatric brain tumors treated with AHSCT in a quaternary referral center in Hong Kong over 10 years (June 1996-May 2006). Thirteen patients with medulloblastoma (n = 9), cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor (n = 1), ependymoma (n = 1), germ cell tumor (n = 1) and cerebellar rhabdoid (n = 1) were transplanted because of tumor residual (n = 1) or recurrence (n = 12). Uniform upfront treatment protocols were adopted according to specific tumor types. Prior to AHSCT, 8 patients (61.5%) achieved complete remission and 5 (38.5%) were in partial remission. Conditioning employed thiotepa 300 mg/m2, etoposide 250 mg/m2 and carboplatin 500 mg/m2 daily for 3 days. Toxicity included mucositis and neutropenic fever in all patients, grade 4 hepatic toxicity in 4 patients (including hepatic veno-occlusive disease in 2 patients) and grade 4 renal toxicity in 1 patient. The 5-year event-free survival was 53.9%. Five patients died of disease recurrence or progression 8-21 months after transplant with a median disease-free period of 8 months post-transplant. One died of transplant-related complications in the early post-transplant period. Seven survived for a median of 5.4 years (maximum follow-up of 9.8 years), with six having Lansky-Karnofsky performance score above 80. All survivors had complete remission before transplant though 2 had leptomeningeal spread. We conclude that AHSCT can achieve long-term survival in children with recurrent brain tumor. However, those with macroscopic residual tumor before transplant cannot be salvaged. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2007.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0167-594Xen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Neuro-Oncologyen_HK
dc.rightsPediatric Blood & Cancer. Copyright © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.en_HK
dc.subjectAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantationen_HK
dc.subjectBrain tumoren_HK
dc.subjectChildrenen_HK
dc.subjectRelapseen_HK
dc.titleAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for high-risk brain tumors in childrenen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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