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• High-dose therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation

(ASCT) has been clearly identified as a reference treatment in

relapsing/refractory patients compared to standard chemotherapy

• However, many questions still remain:

definition of subgroups with different risk

type and number of salvage chemotherapy cycles

use of metabolic imaging in response definition

place of double ASCT

need to consider allogeneic transplantation in selected

patients

role of radiotherapy