Display Settings:

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

    AIDS. 2008 Feb 19;22(4):539-40.

    A long-term durable remission with high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplant for stage IVB HIV-associated Hodgkins disease.

    Gabriel I, Apperley J, Bower M, Chaidos A, Gazzard B, Giles C, Kew A, Nelson M, Kanfer E.

    Department of Clinical Haematology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.

    A 44-year-old man with relapsed HIV-associated stage IV nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease underwent high-dose therapy with autologous stem cell transplantation. The transplant was uncomplicated and the patient remains in complete remission at 59 months. Autologous stem cell transplantation is safe in HIV patients and can achieve long-term durable remissions in Hodgkin's disease.

    PMID: 18301069 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    Supplemental Content

    Click here to read

    Patient drug information

    • Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan®, Neosar®)

      Your doctor has ordered the drug cyclophosphamide to help treat your illness. The drug can be taken by mouth in tablet form or be given by injection into a vein.

    • Cytarabine (Cytosar-U®, DepoCyt®)

      Your doctor has ordered the drug cytarabine to help treat your illness. The drug can be given by injection into a vein or under the skin of your forearm. In special situations, it may be injected into the spinal cord.

    • Lomustine (CeeNU®, CeeNU®Dose Pack)

      Your doctor has ordered the drug lomustine to help treat your illness. The drug is taken by mouth in capsule form. Your full dose may contain two or more different types of capsules. Take all of them at the same time, wi...