Phase II trial of high-dose dexamethasone for previously treated immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis.

abstract：:Most previous studies on telomere length (TL) in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are based on referral cohorts including a high proportion of aggressive cases. Here, the impact of TL was analyzed in a population-based cohort of newly diagnosed CLL (n = 265) and in relation to other prognostic markers. Short telomer...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Mansouri L,Grabowski P,Degerman S,Svenson U,Gunnarsson R,Cahill N,Smedby KE,Geisler C,Juliusson G,Roos G,Rosenquist R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Approximately one-fourth of primary cutaneous lymphomas are B-cell derived and are generally classified into three distinct subgroups: primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma (PCFCL), primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma (PCMZL), and primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (PCD...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hristov AC,Tejasvi T,Wilcox RA

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old woman with muscular fatigue and monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance was shown to have high levels of antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor of the skeletal muscle endplate. The specific antibody activity was exclusively associated with the monoclonal component. There were no objective si...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ahlberg RE,Lefvert AK

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether genetic polymorphisms in cytochrome P450s (CYPs), glutathione S-transferases (GSTs), and N-acetyltransferases (NATs) genes modify the relationship between alcohol consumption and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in a population-based, case-control study including 1,...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Li Y,Zheng T,Kilfoy BA,Lan Q,Holford T,Han X,Zhao P,Dai M,Leaderer B,Rothman N,Zhang Y

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) of sickle cell disease (SCD), as defined by a tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity by echocardiogram of >or=2.5 m/sec, occurs in approximately 1/3 of HbSS adults and is an independent risk factor for mortality. Although studies of the past few years have greatly expanded our knowledge of the ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Klings ES

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with leukocytosis, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Acute monoblastic leukemia was diagnosed. Two subsequent courses of consolidation chemotherapy consisted of conventional doses of cytarabine and intermediate-dose cytarabine. Intermediate-dose cytarabine was infused intrave...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Saito B,Nakamaki T,Nakashima H,Usui T,Hattori N,Kawakami K,Tomoyasu S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests that iron overload is associated with inferior outcomes after myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, all of those studies used surrogate markers of iron overload, especially serum ferritin, and most had a retrospective design. We conducted ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Armand P,Sainvil MM,Kim HT,Rhodes J,Cutler C,Ho VT,Koreth J,Alyea EP,Neufeld EJ,Kwong RY,Soiffer RJ,Antin JH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were studied for morphology of lymphocytes by light and electron microscopy (EM), in vitro responses of lymphocytes to a battery of physical and chemical agents, overall clinical status, immunologic status, course, and response to therapy. CLL lymphocytes coul...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Knospe WH,Gregory SA,Trobaugh FE Jr,Stedronsky JA,Schrek R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the calmodulin-like activity (CaM) level in hemolyzed samples of whole blood after determining the percentage and absolute number of reticulocytes present. Twenty-six samples from 25 people with a range of reticulocyte counts were studied. CaM levels correlated with the percentage (r = 0.63, P less than .01...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Warth JA,Brewer GJ,Gnegy ME,Treisman G,Near K

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients, aged 65-85 years, with refractory (11) or relapsing (3) multiple myeloma were treated with a "protracted-sequential" protocol comprising vincristine 1-2 mg or vindesine 3 mg/M(2) (max. 5 mg) IVI over 4 hr on D1, prednisolone 40-50 mg PO D1-14, and melphalan 2-4 mg PO or cyclophosphamide 50-100 mg PO...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Manoharan A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in chemotherapeutic agents, the prognosis for some cancers remains extremely poor, suggesting the need for other treatment modalities. Immunotherapy appears an ideal approach because the mechanisms of tumor cell killing induced by tumor vaccines are different from those from chemotherapy. Various inve...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dadabayev AR,Wang Z,Zhang Y,Zhang J,Robinson WR,Lim SH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined differences in inpatient costs, length of stay, and in-hospital mortality between hospitalizations for patients with and without sickle cell disease (SCD) undergoing high-volume surgical procedures. We used Clinical Classification Software (CCS) codes to identify discharges in the 2002-2005 ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dinan MA,Chou CH,Hammill BG,Graham FL,Schulman KA,Telen MJ,Reed SD

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of circulating progenitor cells to develop erythroid colonies was studied in vitro in the presence or absence of growth factors (5637-CM and erythropoietin) in 63 patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) (36 homozygotes for hemoglobin [Hb] S, 13 double heterozygotes for Hb S and beta thalassemia, and 14 SC ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Perlingeiro RC,Costa FF,Saad ST,Arruda VR,Queiroz ML

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two normal volunteers had approximately eight, 2-hr-long leukapheresis procedures over a 2-year period and their natural killer (NK) cell function was prospectively measured. The NK activity of the preprocedure peripheral blood (pre-PB) was found to correlate well with the NK activity of the inital leukocytes r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Stevenson HC,Beman JS,Crisp B,Coggin D,Kanapa DJ,Miller P,Herberman RB,Maluish AE

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While surgery is commonly required for complications related to hemoglobin SC (HbSC) disease, little is known about the perioperative complications or the indications for preoperative transfusion in this group. We describe the patient characteristics, preoperative transfusion regimens, and outcome in 92 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Neumayr L,Koshy M,Haberkern C,Earles AN,Bellevue R,Hassell K,Miller S,Black D,Vichinsky E

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A risk score based on three biological features (CD38, ZAP-70, and IGHV mutational status) was previously developed to predict progression-free survival (PFS) in untreated Binet A CLL patients. Here we perform a score validation analysis in a prospective and independent cohort of patients. Biological markers (CD38, ZA...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gentile M,Cutrona G,Mosca L,Matis S,Fabris S,Lionetti M,Ilariucci F,Zupo S,Musolino C,Levato L,Molica S,Di Raimondo F,Vincelli I,Di Rienzo N,Pesce EA,Angrilli F,Federico M,Neri A,Ferrarini M,Morabito F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preclinical study demonstrated anti-proliferative and apoptotic effect of propranolol on multiple myeloma (MM) cell. Clinical studies suggested that beta-blocker (BB) might impact the prognosis of breast, prostate, colorectal, ovarian, lung, and skin cancer. This retrospective study evaluated the effect of BB in MM ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hwa YL,Shi Q,Kumar SK,Lacy MQ,Gertz MA,Kapoor P,Buadi FK,Leung N,Dingli D,Go RS,Hayman SR,Gonsalves WI,Russell S,Lust JA,Lin Y,Rajkumar SV,Dispenzieri A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clopidogrel is a widely used antiplatelet agent that irreversibly inhibits platelet P2Y12 ADP receptors after conversion to an active metabolite. There are a number of laboratory tests capable of detecting clopidogrel-induced platelet inhibition and published literature correlates suboptimal clopidogrel response to ad...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Smock KJ,Saunders PJ,Rodgers GM,Johari V

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (Et-1) is a vasoconstrictor produced by endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells in response to hypoxia, which induces hypertrophy in cultured cardiac myocytes. We measured plasma Et-1 levels and left ventricular dimensions in 13 patients with sickle cell anemia (SCD) and in 12 African-American contro...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Werdehoff SG,Moore RB,Hoff CJ,Fillingim E,Hackman AM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum free light chain (FLC) assay quantitates free immunoglobulin kappa and lambda light chains, which has prognostic value in plasma cell dyscrasias. However, there is limited data on serum FLC in lymphoid malignancies. We analyzed the association of pretreatment FLC with event-free survival (EFS) and overall su...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Thompson CA,Maurer MJ,Cerhan JR,Katzmann JA,Ansell SM,Habermann TM,Macon WR,Weiner GJ,Link BK,Witzig TE

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Karyotypic analysis at time of diagnosis has an important value in determining initial response to treatment, remission duration and overall survival (OS) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Less is known about its value before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in patients transplanted with active ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Poiani M,Labopin M,Battipaglia G,Beelen DW,Tischer J,Finke J,Brecht A,Forcade E,Ganser A,Passweg JR,Labussiere-Wallet H,Yakoub-Agha I,Schäfer-Eckart K,Kroeger N,Guffroy B,Ruggeri A,Esteve J,Nagler A,Mohty M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an in vitro system to evaluate the simultaneous use of two drugs, we previously have confirmed the synergism of vincristine and prednisolone cytotoxicity against lymphoid cells. Experiments were now carried out to determine whether other steroid hormones can be substituted for prednisolone. Partial or complete p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Rosner F,Hirshaut Y,Grünwald HW,Deutsch S

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBL) is a distinct subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that shows overlap with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) and a favorable prognosis compared to mediastinal gray-zone lymphoma (MGZL). We performed immunohistochemistry on initial diagnostic specimens of 49 c...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bledsoe JR,Redd RA,Hasserjian RP,Soumerai JD,Nishino HT,Boyer DF,Ferry JA,Zukerberg LR,Harris NL,Abramson JS,Sohani AR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine the survival benefits of chemotherapy (CT) added to radiotherapy (RT) in different risk groups of patients with early-stage extranodal nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL), and to investigate the risk of postponing RT based on induction CT responses. A total of 1360 patients who received RT wit...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Qi SN,Yang Y,Zhang YJ,Huang HQ,Wang Y,He X,Zhang LL,Wu G,Qu BL,Qian LT,Hou XR,Zhang FQ,Qiao XY,Wang H,Li GF,Zhu Y,Cao JZ,Wu JX,Wu T,Zhu SY,Shi M,Xu LM,Yuan ZY,Su H,Song YQ,Zhu J,Hu C,Li YX

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1750 base pair cDNA to human terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) has been cloned. This cDNA detects a dominant 2200 base pair messenger RNA species in normal and leukemic cells synthesizing the enzyme. A quantitative dot blot assay was utilized to survey a number of clinical samples from patients with TdT po...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wolf SC,Steinherz PG,Landau NR,Silverstone AE

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-three patients with hereditary spherocytosis (HS) (58 nonsplenectomized, 15 splenectomized) were studied to evaluate iron status and the adequacy of iron availability for erythropoiesis. Splenectomized patients, who had hemoglobin levels in the normal or upper normal range, had higher levels of serum iron, tra...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zanella A,Barosi G,Berzuini A,Colombo MB,Quaglini S,Volpes D,Sirchia G

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a newly detected alpha-thalassemia-2 (alpha-thal-2) deletion characterized by a small -2.7-kb deletion involving the alpha 1 globin gene. This deletion has thus far been observed in only one Chinese subject with Hb H disease. ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zhao JB,Zhao L,Fei YJ,Liu JC,Huisman TH

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although standard clinical prognostic factors predict outcome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), predicting the outcome of patients might be further refined using biological factors. We tested whether serum cytokines could provide prognostic information in DLBCL patients. Thirty cytokines were measured in pretr...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ansell SM,Maurer MJ,Ziesmer SC,Slager SL,Habermann TM,Link BK,Witzig TE,Macon WR,Dogan A,Cerhan JR,Novak AJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid culture of the mononuclear fraction of the blood of marmosets without any added stimulator resulted in the appearance of megakaryocytes. These cells could not be identified by light microscopy or by indirect immunofluorescence using antiplatelet antiserum. Ultrastructural identification was made using platelet ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Burstein SA,Breton-Gorius J,Harker LA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although karyotypic abnormalities are well documented in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), few sequential cytogenetic studies have been done. In this study, peripheral blood lymphocytes from fifty-one patients with B-CLL were sequentially karyotyped over a mean interval of 13.8 months (range, one to 51 mont...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Finn WG,Kay NE,Kroft SH,Church S,Peterson LC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00