Durable remissions are rare following high dose therapy with autologous stem cell transplantation for adults with "paediatric" bone and soft tissue sarcomas

Table 1 Summary of Patient Characteristics and Outcome

No	age at AuSCT	gender	diagnosis	surgery pre AuSCT	disease site at HDT	status at AuSCT	time between diagnosis and AuSCT (months)	Regimen*	status post AuSCT	surgery post AuSCT	TTP (months)	status	time to last follow up/death (months)
1	39	M	ES	Y	Rib	CR1	11	e	CR1	N	NA	A	57
2	20	F	ES	Y	Lung	CR2	38	c	CR2	N	9	D	13
3	24	F	ES	Y	Brain	CR2	37	f	CR2	N	NA	A	3
4	32	M	ES	N	Pelvis	PR1	4	g, b	PR1	N	32	D	64
5	20	M	ES	N	Scapula Clavicle	PR1	6	g, b	PR1	N	4	D	5
6	24	M	PNET	Y	Brain	PR2	52	f, b	SD2	N	NA	A	4
7	41	M	ES	Y	Tibia	PR1	8	a, a	PROG1	N	3	D	4
8	24	M	ES	N	Lung Bones	ProD2	40	c	PR2	Y	5**	D	5
9	27	M	ES	N	Spine	ProD1	7	d	PROG1	N	5	D	2
10	26	M	ES	Y	Spine	SD1	23	g, b	SD1	N	5	D	6
11	25	M	OS	Y	Lung	CR2	17	a, a	CR2	N	7	D	15
12	21	M	OS	Y	Lung	CR4	84	a, b	CR4	N	NA	A	12
13	24	M	OS	Y	Node, Rib, Scapula	CR2	24	a, a	CR2	N	6	D	25
14	22	M	OS	Y	Lung	ProD2	34	a	PR2	N	3	D	5
15	28	M	OS	Y	Lung	ProD3	32	a, b	PR3	N	10	D	13
16	21	M	RMS	Y	bladder	PR1	13	g, h	CR1	N	NA	A	92
17	34	F	RMS	Y	face	PR1	5	g, i	CR1	N	NA	D	7

AuSCT = autologous stem cells transplant, TTP = time to progression,*See text for details of conditioning regimen, ES = Ewing's Sarcoma, PNET = Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumor, OS = osteosarcoma, RMS = rhabdomyosarcoma, CR = Complete Remission, PR = Partial Remission, ProD = Progressive disease, SD = stable disease, NA = Not Applicable, A = alive, D = dead, **Travelled back to his native country and died (cause unknown but assumed to be disease-related).