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CURRENT APPLICATIONS OF ADULT STEM CELLS FOR HUMAN PATIENTS (not a complete listing) (sample of references)
ADULT STEM CELLS–HEMATOPOIETIC REPLACEMENT
CANCERS
BRAIN TUMORSmedulloblastoma and glioma
Dunkel, IJ; High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell rescue for malignant brain tumors; Cancer Invest. 18, 492-493; 2000.
Abrey, LE et al.; High dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell rescue in adults with malignant primary brain tumors; J. Neurooncol. 44, 147-153; Sept., 1999
Finlay, JL; The role of high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell rescue in the treatment of malignant brain tumors: a reappraisal; Pediatr. Transplant 3 Suppl. 1, 87-95; 1999
RETINOBLASTOMA
Hertzberg H et al.; Recurrent disseminated retinoblastoma in a 7-year-old girl treated successfully by high-dose chemotherapy and CD34-selected autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Bone Marrow Transplant 27(6), 653-655; March 2001
Dunkel IJ et al.; Successful treatment of metastatic retinoblastoma; Cancer 89, 2117-2121; Nov 15 2000
OVARIAN CANCER
Stiff PJ et al.; High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation for ovarian cancer: An autologous blood and marrow transplant registry report; Ann. Intern. Med. 133, 504-515; Oct. 3,
2000
Schilder, RJ and Shea, TC; Multiple cycles of high-dose chemotherapy for ovarian cancer; Semin. Oncol. 25, 349-355; June 1998
MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA
Waldmann V et al.; Transient complete remission of metastasized merkel cell carcinoma by high-dose polychemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Br. J. Dermatol. 143,
837-839; Oct 2000
TESTICULAR CANCER
Bhatia S et al.; High-dose chemotherapy as initial salvage chemotherapy in patients with relapsed testicular cancer; J. Clin. Oncol. 18, 3346-3351; Oct. 19, 2000
Hanazawa, K et al.; Collection of peripheral blood stem cells with granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor alone in testicular cancer patients; Int. J. Urol. 7, 77-82; March 2000.
LYMPHOMA
Tabata M et al.; Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in patients over 65 years old with malignant lymphoma–possibility of early completion of chemotherapy and improvement of performance status; Intern Med 40, 471-474; June 2001
Josting, A; Treatment of Primary Progressive Hodgkins and Aggressive Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma: Is There a Chance for Cure?; J Clin Oncol 18, 332-339; 2000
Koizumi M et al.; Successful treatment of intravascular malignant lymphomatosis with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Bone Marrow Transplant 27, 1101-1103; May 2001
ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
Ohnuma K et al.; Cord blood transplantation from HLA-mismatched unrelated donors as a treatment for children with haematological malignancies; Br J Haematol 112(4), 981-987; March 2001
Marco F et al.; High Survival Rate in Infant Acute Leukemia Treated With Early High-Dose Chemotherapy and Stem-Cell Support; J Clin Oncol 18, 3256-3261; Sept. 15 2000
ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA
Ohnuma K et al.; Cord blood transplantation from HLA-mismatched unrelated donors as a treatment for children with haematological malignancies; Br J Haematol 112(4), 981-987; March 2001
Gorin NC et al.; Feasibility and recent improvement of autologous stem cell transplantation for acute myelocytic leukaemia in patients over 60 years of age: importance of the source of stem cells; Br. J. Haematol. 110, 887-893; Sept 2000
Bruserud O et al.; New strategies in the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia: mobilization and transplantation of autologous peripheral blood stem cells in adult patients; Stem Cells 18, 343-351;
2000
CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA
Ohnuma K et al.; Cord blood transplantation from HLA-mismatched unrelated donors as a treatment for children with haematological malignancies; Br J Haematol 112(4), 981-987; March 2001
JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
Ohnuma K et al.; Cord blood transplantation from HLA-mismatched unrelated donors as a treatment for children with haematological malignancies; Br J Haematol 112(4), 981-987; March 2001
ANGIOIMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHADENOPATHY with DYSPROTEINEMIA
Lindahl J et al.; High-dose chemotherapy and APSCT as a potential cure for relapsing hemolysing AILD; Leuk Res 25(3), 267-270; March 2001
MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Laughlin MJ et al.; Hematopoietic engraftment and survival in adult recipients of umbilical-cord blood from unrelated donors, New England Journal of Medicine 344, 1815-1822; June 14, 2001
Vesole, DH et al.; High-Dose Melphalan With Autotransplantation for Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Results of a Southwest Oncology Group Phase II Trial; J Clin Oncol 17, 2173-2179; July 1999.
MYELODYSPLASIA
Ohnuma K et al.; Cord blood transplantation from HLA-mismatched unrelated donors as a treatment for children with haematological malignancies; Br J Haematol 112(4), 981-987; March 2001
Bensinger WI et al.; Transplantation of bone marrow as compared with peripheral-blood cells from HLAidentical relatives in patients with hematologic cancers; New England Journal of Medicine 344, 175-181; Jan 18 2001
BREAST CANCER
Damon LE et al.; High-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell rescue for breast cancer: experience in California; Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant 6, 496-505; 2000
Paquette, RL et al., Ex vivo expanded unselected peripheral blood: progenitor cells reduce posttransplantation neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and anemia in patients with breast cancer, Blood 96, 2385-2390; October, 2000.
Stiff P et al.; Autologous transplantation of ex vivo expanded bone marrow cells grown from small aliquots after high-dose chemotherapy for breast cancer; Blood 95, 2169-2174; March 15, 2000
Koc, ON et al.; Rapid Hematopoietic Recovery After Coinfusion of Autologous-Blood Stem Cells and Culture-Expanded Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Advanced Breast Cancer Patients Receiving High-Dose Chemotherapy; J Clin Oncol 18, 307-316; January 2000
NEUROBLASTOMA
Kawa, K et al.; Long-Term Survivors of Advanced Neuroblastoma With MYCN Amplification: A Report of 19 Patients Surviving Disease-Free for More Than 66 Months; J Clin Oncol 17:3216-3220; October 1999
NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA
Tabata M et al.; Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in patients over 65 years old with malignant lymphoma–possibility of early completion of chemotherapy and improvement of performance status; Intern Med 40, 471-474; June 2001
Josting, A; Treatment of Primary Progressive Hodgkins and Aggressive Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma: Is There a Chance for Cure?; J Clin Oncol 18, 332-339; 2000
Kirita T et al.; Primary non-Hodgkins lymphoma of the mandible treated with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 90, 450-455; Oct. 2000
Yao M et al.; Ex vivo expansion of CD34-positive peripheral blood progenitor cells from patients with non-Hodgkins lymphoma: no evidence of concomitant expansion of contaminating bcl2/JHpositive
lymphoma cells; Bone Marrow Transplant 26, 497-503; Sept. 2000
HODGKINS LYMPHOMA
Peggs KS et al., Clinical evidence of a graft-versus-Hodgkin