Donor leukocyte transfusions for treatment of recurrent chronic myelogenous leukemia in marrow transplant patients.

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Summary

Three patients with hematologic relapse after bone marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia were treated with interferon alpha and transfusion of viable donor buffy coat and had complete hematological and cytogenetic remission, which persisted 32 to 91 weeks after treatment, an example of adoptive immunotherapy without cytoreductive chemotherapy or radiotherapy in human chimeras.

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Published
1990-12-15
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Keywords

Medicine, Chronic myelogenous leukemia, Buffy coat, Leukemia, Immunosuppression

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