Detection of tumor cells in the bone marrow of stage IV breast cancer patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy: the role of induction chemotherapy.
Bone Marrow Transplant
; 16(6): 815-21, 1995 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-8750275
ABSTRACT
High-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic support can produce long-term, disease-free remissions in selected patients with metastatic breast cancer. Occult bone marrow involvement may contribute to late relapse. We used five anti-breast cancer monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry with cytological analysis of sorted immunostained cells to detect tumor cells in the bone marrow in two cohorts of patients. The first (Upfront) cohort was treated with a single course of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow support (ABMS) without induction chemotherapy. The second (AFM) cohort received induction chemotherapy with doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil and methotrexate prior to high-dose chemotherapy and ABMS. Of the 15 Upfront patients, seven (47%) had immunostained cells in the harvested bone marrow by flow cytometry and 8/15 (53%) had positive cytologies. Of the 49 AFM patients studied, nine (18%) had immunostained cells in the bone marrow, and only 1/49 (2%) had positive cytologies. Induction chemotherapy significantly decreased bone marrow contamination as detected by flow cytometry and cytology in patients with breast cancer. The detection of immunostained cells in the bone marrow did not predict for relapse or overall survival.
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Assunto principal:
Medula Óssea
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica
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Transplante de Medula Óssea
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Bone Marrow Transplant
Assunto da revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos