Table 2 Bone marrow findings subdivided after response to primary therapy
Bone marrow findings | Poor responder (n = 45) | Responder (n = 111) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive disease (n = 5) | Stable disease (n = 40) | Stable disease + progressive disease (n = 45) | Partial remission (n = 87) | Complete remission (n = 24) | Partial remission + complete remission (n = 111) | |
Disseminated tumor cell negative (n = 56) | 1 (20%) | 11 (28%) | 12 (26%) | 34 (39%) | 10 (42%) | 44 (40%) |
Only apoptotic cells (n = 17) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5%) | 2 (4%) | 11 (13%) | 4 (17%) | 15 (14%) |
Nonapoptotic cells + apoptotic cells (n = 19) | 0 (0%) | 7 (18%) | 7 (16%) | 10 (12%) | 2 (8%) | 12 (11%) |
Nonapoptotic cells (n = 64) | 4 (80%) | 20 (50%) | 24 (52%) | 32 (37%) | 8 (33%) | 40 (36%) |