Table 1.

Patient and Donor Characteristics

Characteristic Busulfan TBI
No. of patients  88 79  
Recipient age (yr)  
 Median  35  34 
 Range   2-55    1-53   
Donor age (yr)  
 Median  35  34  
 Range  4-62    2-68   
HLA-identical siblings (n)  87  79 
HLA-identical parents (n)  1  0  
Marrow cell dose (×107/kg)  
 Median  26  26 
 Range   3-57    3-58  
Diagnosis (n)  
 AML  
  First remission  25  26 
  Second or later remission, early relapse* 12  
 ALL  
  First remission  11  11  
  Second or later remission  7  9  
 CML  
  First chronic phase  22 24  
  Second, accelerated phase  7  2  
  Blast crisis  1  1  
  Lymphoma, first remission  1  
  Lymphoma, second or later remission  2  1  
  Early disease 
   No.  59  61 (P = .2)  
   %  67  77  
Follow-up period (mo)  
 Median 87  83  
 Range  20-111 28-104 
Characteristic Busulfan TBI
No. of patients  88 79  
Recipient age (yr)  
 Median  35  34 
 Range   2-55    1-53   
Donor age (yr)  
 Median  35  34  
 Range  4-62    2-68   
HLA-identical siblings (n)  87  79 
HLA-identical parents (n)  1  0  
Marrow cell dose (×107/kg)  
 Median  26  26 
 Range   3-57    3-58  
Diagnosis (n)  
 AML  
  First remission  25  26 
  Second or later remission, early relapse* 12  
 ALL  
  First remission  11  11  
  Second or later remission  7  9  
 CML  
  First chronic phase  22 24  
  Second, accelerated phase  7  2  
  Blast crisis  1  1  
  Lymphoma, first remission  1  
  Lymphoma, second or later remission  2  1  
  Early disease 
   No.  59  61 (P = .2)  
   %  67  77  
Follow-up period (mo)  
 Median 87  83  
 Range  20-111 28-104 
*

Six percent to 30% blasts in marrow.

Acute leukemia or lymphoma in first remission; CML in first chronic phase.

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