Approximately 25 patients, male or female, age 18 and older, regardless of race or ethnicity, will participate in this study at UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) only.~Participants will receive two courses of chemotherapy with a regimen called DT PACE + Rituxan. This regimen consists of 6 drugs: Dexamethasone, Thalidomide, cis-Platinum, Adriamycin, Cyclophosphamide, and Etoposide.
The purpose of this study is to find out what the response is and the side effects are with chemotherapy using a combination of drugs called D.T. PACE (Dexamethasone, Thalidomide, cis-Platinum, Adriamycin, Cyclophosphamide, and Etoposide) + Rituxan, followed by two autologous transplants.