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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2012 Nov 2;19(3):410–417. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.10.029

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics (N = 180)

Characteristic N (%) Value
Age, median (range) 32 (17–65)
Male/female 106/74
HDC regimen
 Gem-Bu-Mel 84
 BEAM 57
 Bu-Mel 39
Front-line chemotherapy
 ABVD 176 (98%)
 Stanford-V 3 (1.5%)
 Other 1 (0.5%)
First-line salvage therapy 180
 ICE 101 (56%)
 ESHAP 54 (30%)
 1GEV 25 (14%)
Second-line salvage therapy 78
 GND 26 (33%)
 IGEV 24 (31%)
 ICE 20 (26%)
 Other 8 (10%)
Third-line salvage therapy or beyond 45
 GND 18 (34%)
 IGEV 17 (32%)
 ICE 8 (14%)
 Other 10 (19%)
Radiation with initial treatment 52 (29%)
First remission
 Primary induction failure 86 (48%)
 3–6 mo 50 (28%)
 6–12 mo 17 (9%)
 >12 mo 27 (15%)
Relapse within prior radiation field 22 (12%)
Number of salvage regimens, median (range) 1 (1–5)
 1 119 (66%)
 >1 61 (34%)
Extranodal disease at relapse/PD 72 (40%)
B symptoms at relapse/PD 21 (12%)
Bulky disease at relapse/PD 55 (30%)
PET at HDC 175 (97%)
 Negative 106 (62%)
  After first salvage line 72 (41%)
  After second salvage line 25 (15%)
  After third salvage line or beyond 9 (5%)
 Positive 69 (38%)
  After response to first salvage 22 (12%)
  After response to second salvage or beyond 22 (12%)
  No response to prior line 26 (14%)