Long-term results of first-line sequential high-dose carboplatin, etoposide and ifosfamide chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell support for patients with advanced testicular germ cell tumor

OBJECTIVE: Standard chemotherapy shows relatively low long-term survival in patients with poor-risk testicular germ cell tumor (GCT). First-line high-dose chemotherapy (HD-CT) may improve the result. High-dose carboplatin, etoposide, ifosfamide chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) was investigated as first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced testicular GCT. METHODS: Fifty-five previously untreated testicular GCT patients with Indiana 'advanced disease' criteria received three cycles of bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (BEP) followed by one cycle of HD-CT plus PBSCT, if elevated serum tumor markers were observed after three cycles of the BEP regimen. RESULTS: Thirty patients were treated with BEP alone, because the tumor marker(s) declined to normal range. Twenty-five patients received BEP and HD-CT. One patient died of rhabdomyolysis due to HD-CT. Three and six (13% and 25%) out of 24 patients treated with BEP and HD-CT achieved marker-negative and marker-positive partial responses, respectively. The other patients achieved no change. Fifteen (63%) are alive and 14 (58%) are free of disease at a median follow-up time of 54 months. Severe toxicity included treatment-related death (4%). CONCLUSIONS: HD-CT with peripheral stem cell support can be successfully applied in a multicenter setting. HD-CT demonstrated modest anticancer activity for Japanese patients with advanced testicular GCT and was well tolerated. This regimen might be examined for further investigation in randomized trials in first-line chemotherapy for patients with poor-risk testicular GCT.     

胶体硒免疫层析法检测抗-HIV(1+2)抗体的评价

目的 对检测抗-HIV抗体的胶体硒免疫层析法进行评价。方法 用胶体硒免疫层析试剂检测HIV国家参考品、已经确证的临床阴、阳性标本，评价此法的灵敏度、特异性。结果 快速胶体硒法试剂特异性较好，灵敏度尚可，可以满足快速筛查抗-HIV的要求。结论 此法可用于紧急情况下的抗-HIV的筛查，鉴于其灵敏度有待进一步提高，目前尚不能替代酶标法的检测。同时，该法不适用于献血者献血前的筛查。     

PHA对单产和联产白细胞介素-2活性的影响

本文研究了用人外周血白细胞在细胞浓度为5×10~5个/ml、培养时间为24h,PHA加量对单独生产白细胞介素_2(单产)及联合生产a_干扰素、白细胞介素-2(联产)的影响.单产中,以25μg/mlPHA刺激量为宜;联产中以100μg/ml刺激量最好.联产比单产所得白细胞介素-2产量高10倍以上,且纯度高.     

Guidelines for the collection, processing and storage of human bone marrow and peripheral stem cells for transplantation

SUMMARY. There are no current U.K. or international guidelines or regulations covering the production, processing and storage of haemopoietic cells such as to allow their engraftment following myeloablative therapy. This paper seeks to provide such guidelines. It enumerates how quality control and assurance can be applied to this area of transfusion medicine; procedural steps relating to bone marrow harvest on peripheral blood stem cell collection are outlined and recommended doses of nucleated cells suggested for both procedures. General specifications for identification, storage and transportation of bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells are included and specific laboratory procedures related to the provision of haemopoietic cells for engraftment are outlined. Umbilical cord blood transplants and long-term bone marrow culture are alluded to but these are still in a research phase.