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Total body irradiation in bone marrow transplantation: the influence of fractionation and delay of marrow infusion
Authors:A S Lichter  D Tracy  W C Lam  S E Order
Affiliation:The Radiation Oncology Section, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205, U.S.A.
Abstract:Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) after total body irradiation (TBI) and cyclophosphamide is being employed increasingly in the therapy of end stage leukemia. Interstitial pneumonitis (IP) represents a major acute toxicity after allogeneic transplantation. A more rapid reconstitution of lymphoid organs and bone marrow post transplant may result in increased immune competence and hence fewer opportunistic pulmonary infections and IP. By delaying the infusion of marrow to 72 hr after TBI (1250 rod at 7.5 rad/min) instead of the customary 24 hr, we can demonstrate an increase in initial repopulation of thymus, spleen and marrow, with syngeneic transplants in Lewis rats.Interstitial pneumonitis may also be caused, in part, by the pulmonary toxicity of large single exposures of TBI. Clinical and laboratory data suggest that fractionated TBI may be less toxic to the lung. When fractionated TBI (625 rad × 2, 7.5 rad/min) is compared to single dose TBI (1250 rad, 7.5 rad/min), an increased initial repopulation of lymphoid organs is observed when fractionated therapy is employed. Delay in marrow infusion and fractionation of TBI exposure may have clinical advantages in patients who receive BMT.
Keywords:Total body irradiation  Bone marrow transplanation
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