High-Dose Chemotherapy Followed by Peripheral and/or Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant in Patients With Advanced Sarcoma: Experience of a Canadian Centre

PURPOSE: Few reports have been published on the evaluation of stem cell auto transplantation for chemosensitive sarcomas. Some suggest benefit, others do not. We present results of 24 patients with sarcoma undergoing autotransplantation at a Canadian institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty-four patients were treated between 1988 and 1998: 23 were >/=18 years (median 27; range 12-56); genders were equal; 12 patients had Ewing's sarcoma. At …