Prevention of menstruation with leuprorelin (GnRH agonist) in women undergoing myelosuppressive chemotherapy or radiochemotherapy for hematological malignancies: a pilot study.

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of fludarabine 30/mg/m2 + cytarabine 2g/m2 followed by the administration of G-CSF to achieve a complete remission (CR) in patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We treated twelve patients in first relapse, overall 10 pati...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Montillo M,Tedeschi A,Centurioni R,Leoni P

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma (MM) is an essentially incurable malignancy associated with profound immune dysregulation. Despite the advent of novel therapies and improvements in survival over the last 10 years, death from progressive disease and infection remains a common outcome. Natural killer (NK) cells are CD56(+)CD3(-) large...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Godfrey J,Benson DM Jr

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of MYBL2 has been associated to tumorigenesis and the S427G polymorphism could induce partial inactivation of MYBL2, associating it with cancer risk. It has previously been shown that MYBL2 was over-expressed in some acute myeloid leukemias (AML), portending poor prognosis. However, to date no studies ha...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Dolz S,García P,Llop M,Fuster Ó,Luna I,Ibáñez M,Gómez I,López M,Such E,Cervera J,Sanz MA,De Juan I,Palanca S,Murria R,Bolufer P,Barragán E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal IgM-related neuropathies constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders, which are generally poorly responsive to treatment. Rituximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody against the CD20 molecule, has been used with success in patients with neuropathy and monoclonal IgM with anti-MAG or anti-GM1 ganglioside act...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Kilidireas C,Anagnostopoulos A,Karandreas N,Mouselimi L,Dimopoulos MA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current therapies for the treatment of malignancies are associated with significant limitations to the hematopoietic system since chemotherapy and radiation therapy do not discriminate between normal and malignant cells. Since bone marrow depression occurs at low to midlethal doses of irradiation, approaches to improv...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Zucali JR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fludarabine is an active agent for the treatment of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) and its combination with cyclophosphamide has been effective in many patients with low-grade lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Based on these data, we administered the combination of fludarabine (25 mg/m2 i.v. day 1-3) an...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Dimopoulos MA,Hamilos G,Efstathiou E,Siapkaras I,Matsouka C,Gika D,Grigoraki V,Papadimitriou C,Mitsibounas D,Anagnostopoulos N

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been shown to increase platelet counts in several animal models and to enhance megakaryocytopoiesis in vitro. In order to investigate the possible relationship between IL-6 and thrombocytosis, serum IL-6 levels in patients with platelet counts > or = 6 x 10(5)/microliters were measured using a...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Hollen CW,Henthorn J,Koziol JA,Burstein SA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic stem-cell transplantation (SCT) is potentially curative treatment for AML and MDS. New conditioning regimens are continuously explored trying to reduce toxicity while maintaining antileukemia effect. Treosulfan is an alkylating agent with in vitro cytotoxicity against leukemia as well as myeloablative and i...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Shimoni A,Hardan I,Shem-Tov N,Rand A,Yerushalmi R,Nagler A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum ferritin reflects body iron stores, but this correlation is dissociated in inflammation. Ferritin has been shown to be prognostically relevant in breast cancer and in patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation. In the present study, we evaluated the progn...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Strasser-Weippl K,Ludwig H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed data of 47 patients aged 60 years or older, hospitalized in our institution with the diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), and searched for prognostic factors. Induction with anthracyclines significantly correlated with better complete remission (CR) rate (P = 0.0016) and overall s...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Nannya Y,Kanda Y,Oshima K,Kaneko M,Yamamoto R,Chizuka A,Hamaki T,Suguro M,Matsuyama T,Takezako N,Miwa A,Togawa A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several surveys have defined chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients as a high-risk patient population for developing second neoplasms. As possible mechanisms underlying the increased risk of specific second malignancies in CLL patients the immunodeficiency associated with disease is generally proposed. As far as ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Molica S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematologic toxicity is reported as one of the most important problems connected with imatinib mesylate (IM) treatment in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Withholding the drug or application of growth factors is recommended in this situation. This study introduced a novel approach using intermittent d...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Faber E,Nausová J,Jarosová M,Egorin MJ,Holzerová M,Rozmanová S,Maresová I,Divoký V,Indrák K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (CD54) as well as the mutations of p53 gene were studied in childhood Burkitt's lymphoma (BL). Expression of CD54 was identified in 6 of 15 fresh BL cases. Mutations of p53 gene, analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-single stranded chain polymorphism followed by seq...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Kaneko H,Sugita K,Kiyokawa N,Iizuka K,Takada K,Saito M,Yoshimoto K,Itakura M,Kokai Y,Fujimoto J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of therapy-related acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is rare and, to our knowledge, is not reported in patients treated for Burkitt's leukemia. We report on a child with ALL with translocation t(4;11)(q21;q23) involving the MLL gene, 13 months after chemotherapy for Burkitt's leukemia. This present obs...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Millot F,Brizard F,Sorel N,Preudhomme C,Cividin M,Guilhot F,Brizard A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only 50% of patients with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) can be cured with intensive induction chemotherapy, followed by high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) and autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). Based on the results of the HDR2 trial two courses of DHAP and subsequent HDCT/ASCT are the current standard of care in rela...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Sasse S,Alram M,Müller H,Smardová L,Metzner B,Doehner H,Fischer T,Niederwieser DW,Schmitz N,Schäfer-Eckart K,Raemaekers JM,Schmalz O,Tresckow BV,Engert A,Borchmann P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of leukocytoclastic vasculitis or dermatomyositis with malignancies has been reported. We describe a patient who developed a skin rash, histologically compatible with dermatomyositis, which during the course of the disease switched to leukocytoclastic vasculitis, which was accompanied with peripheral b...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Tzavara V,Stamoulis K,Aroni KG,Kordossis T,Boki KA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors associated with failure of antifungal therapy were examined in 42 cancer patients with fusariosis (1987-1997). Thirty-six patients (86%) had leukemia and 39 (93%) were neutropenic. Disseminated infection was the most common presentation. The majority (83%) received amphotericin B-based therapy. Thirty patients...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Kontoyiannis DP,Bodey GP,Hanna H,Hachem R,Boktour M,Girgaway E,Mardani M,Raad II

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypomethylating agents azacitidine and decitabine are standard therapy for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and are often used to treat patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) unlikely to benefit from cytotoxic chemotherapy. Switching hypomethylating agents after treatment failure is common, but this approach i...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Duong VH,Bhatnagar B,Zandberg DP,Vannorsdall EJ,Tidwell ML,Chen Q,Baer MR

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the feasibility and potential advantages of PBSC in allogeneic transplantation, we grafted 24 patients (age 16-57, median 37) with different hematologic diseases (ALL = 10, AML = 5, MM = 4, NHL = 2, CML = 1, MDS = 1, AA = 1), 23 HLA-identical to their siblings and 1 partially matched. Cells were collected f...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Majolino I,Scime' R,Cavallaro AM,Santoro A,Catania P,Cannella S,Vasta S,Indovina A,Marceno' R

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a heterogeneous group of disorders of hematopoiesis entailing hyperproliferative and ineffective hematopoiesis resulting in refractory cytopenia(s), and increased risk of transformation into acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). The widely used classification defined by the French-...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Sawada K

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The percentage of blasts in the bone marrow aspirates at day 7 or 14 of induction therapy in pediatric ALL patients is an indicator of rapid early response and an independent prognostic factor for long term outcome. Discrepancies between the percentages of blasts in bone marrow aspirates compared to biopsies have been...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Countouriotis A,Landaw EM,Naeim F,Moore TB,Sakamoto KM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 45-year-old female who developed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) associated with a mediastinal mass. The patient achieved a complete remission accompanied by resolution of the mediastinal mass following intensive chemotherapy alone. A review of the literature disclosed ten AML patients with a mediastina...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Chubachi A,Miura I,Takahashi N,Nimura T,Imai H,Miura AB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article was to investigate the relationship between IRF-3 gene polymorphisms and the susceptibility and prognosis of CLL. Between January 2011 and August 2012, 108 CLL patients and 112 healthy were enrolled in the study. DHPLC and Shesis software were applied in our study. In rs7251, CG genotype ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Zhang ZX,Shen CF,Shou LH,Fang Q

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocytic sarcomas (GS) are rare extra medullary tumors composed of myeloid progenitor cells. Bones, lymph nodes and skin are favored sites of involvement. Primary involvement of the ovary is exceedingly rare leading to under diagnosis of GS. We report on a 19-year-old woman who presented with an ovarian mass witho...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Mehta J,Kane S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extranodal adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) of the head and neck is a rare disease. We studied the clinicopathological features of nine patients with ATLL involving extranodal head and neck sites and conducted a literature review. Six patients presented with extranodal mass of the head and neck, whereas three had...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Miyagi T,Nagasaki A,Taira T,Shinhama A,Suzuki M,Ohshima K,Takasu N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is an unique iatrogenic complication after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and solid organ transplantation (SOTx). The pattern of EBV related lymphoma in Chinese is different from Caucasians. We surveyed the incidence, clinical and pathological spectrum of PTLD...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Au WY,Lie AK,Kwong YL,Shek TW,Hawkins BR,Lai KN,Tang SC,Lo CM,Fan ST,Liu CL,Chan GC,Chau EM,Chiu SW,Liang R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplastic anemia (AA) may sometimes precede the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children. Such presentation of ALL is externally rare in adults and until now only few such cases have been reported. We present a 40-year-old male with ALL common type, which developed 14 months after the diagnosis of se...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Robak T,Bartkowiak J,Urbańska-Rys H,Szmigielska-Kapłon A,Strzelecka B,Chojnowski K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In ninety-three cases of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) we investigated the importance to short- and long term clinical outcome of the in vitro short term leukaemia cell survival as measured by a 4-day MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide)-assay. In 67 patients treated by i...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Nørgaard JM,Jensen PD,Bendix K,Clausen N,Palshof T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lenalidomide and dexamethasone are an effective treatment for naïve and relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) patients. Bendamustine is a good option for B-cell malignancies showing only partial cross resistance with alkylating agents used in MM patients. Based on these considerations, we proposed a phase I/II study testing ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Pozzi S,Gentile M,Sacchi S,Marcheselli R,Corso A,Cocito F,Musto P,Guarini A,Minoia C,Vincelli I,Ria R,Rivolti E,Mele G,Bari A,Mazzone C,Badiali S,Marcheselli L,Palumbo A,Morabito F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-infiltrating immune cells perform a crucial function in host immune reactions against diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). In this study, we have identified a subset of tumor-infiltrating FOXP3-positive regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the initial DLBCL biopsy specimens, and have evaluated their prognostic signif...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Lee NR,Song EK,Jang KY,Choi HN,Moon WS,Kwon K,Lee JH,Yim CY,Kwak JY

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00