Outcomes of High Dose Therapy and Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Retrospective Analysis of
Two Centres in Malaysia
Abstract
There is scarce information available in regards to the survival outcome
of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in South East Asia regions. Reports on the
outcome of High dose therapy followed by autologous haematopoietic stem
cell transplantation (AHSCT) were mainly from developed countries. In
this study, we present the outcome of NHL patients treated with AHSCT
from year 1997 to 2016 in two urban hospitals in Malaysia. A total of
140 patients were identified, majority of whom had B cell lymphoma
(54.3%). Majority of patients (89.3%) were in complete remission at
AHSCT. The overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) at 3
years were 70.7% and 62.1% respectively. The transplant-related
mortality was 3.4%.