Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): remaining challenges towards a cure for all.

abstract：:Nearly ten years of research on the feasibility of specific immunotherapy targeting the junctional regions of BCR-ABL has considerably increased our knowledge of which MHC alleles might present BCR-ABL peptides, yet has failed to provide us with definite proof of appropriate processing of the hybrid oncoprotein into s...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Leeksma OC,Kessler JH,Huijbers IJ,Ten Bosch GJ,Melief CJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strategies for reversing graft failure (GF) after allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) depend on the options available in each situation. GF was reported in 16 Spanish institutions from January 2006 to July 2011. Primary GF was defined as an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 0.5 × 10(9)/L not reached by day + 28 afte...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Ferrà C,Sanz J,Díaz-Pérez MA,Morgades M,Gayoso J,Cabrera JR,Villaescusa T,Sampol MA,Fernández-Avilés F,Solano C,Ortín M,Duarte R,Cuesta M,Heras I,de la Serna J,Moraleda JM,Barrenetxea C,González-Vicent M,Sanz G,Ribe

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma (NLPHL) is a rare variant of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in children. Since specific immunohistochemical staining has become available, NLPHL can be separated from classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHL) more accurately. Scarce information is available about pediatric NLPHL tre...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： van Grotel M,Lam KH,de Man R,Beishuizen A,Pieters R,van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nilotinib has shown favorable safety in patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic (CML-CP) or accelerated phase (CML-AP) who failed prior imatinib, and superior efficacy over imatinib in newly diagnosed Ph+ patients with CML-CP. Reported here are the efficacy and sa...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Nicolini FE,Masszi T,Shen Z,Gallagher NJ,Jootar S,Powell BL,Dorlhiac-Llacer PE,Zheng M,Szczudlo T,Turkina A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is a necessary step in solid tumor progression (growth, invasion and metastasis) with which it correlates and is indicative of an unfavourable prognosis. We observed bone marrow angiogenesis in patients with active multiple myeloma (MM), though not in patients with non-active MM nor with monoclonal gammop...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Vacca A,Ribatti D,Roncali L,Dammacco F

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) exhibits various properties including antigrowth activity in neoplastic and normal cells and regulatory roles in immune responses and hematopoiesis, but studies of IFN-gamma effects on human megakaryopoiesis have been inconclusive. Recently we have used serum-free culture of purified CD34+...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Tsuji K,Muraoka K,Nakahata T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodology for selection of the CD8 cell subset from the peripheral blood and bone marrow mononuclear cells was developed using anti-T8 (CD8) antibody and magnetic microspheres coated with anti-mouse IgG. Following optimization of antibody:cell binding ratio and microsphere:cell ratios, CD8(+)-cells in the peripher...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Gazitt Y,He YJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the expression of Gravin (a tumor suppressor gene belonging to the A kinase anchoring protein family) in samples of acute leukaemia and to explore its association with the prognosis. The study group consisted of 162 people (137 patients with acute leukaemia and 25 volunteers as c...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Yildirim M,Paydas S,Tanriverdi K,Seydaoglu G,Disel U,Yavuz S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the localization of collagen modifying enzymes (CMEs) on fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) and follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) in non-neoplastic lymphoid tissues and various malignant lymphomas. The expression of prolyl 4-hydroxylase 1 (P4H1), lysyl hydroxylase 3 (LH3), and pr...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Ohe R,Aung NY,Meng H,Kabasawa T,Suto A,Tamazawa N,Yang S,Kato T,Yamakawa M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of obtaining a tumor-free graft for autologous transplantation in cancer patients has been debated extensively in the last decade and is still unresolved largely because it is believed that relapse is more likely to originate from the host and not from the graft. This is in spite of recent indications t...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Gazitt Y,Reading CL

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quinazoline antifolate N-(5-[N-(3,4-dihydro-2-methyl-4-oxoquinazolin-6-ylmethyl)-N- methylamino]-2-thenoyl)-L-glutamic acid (ZD1694; Tomudex) is a potent inhibitor of thymidylate synthase and causes cell death through disruption of DNA synthesis and repair by blocking the obligatory thymidine nucleotide synthesis....

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Ek O,Reaman GH,Crankshaw DL,Chelstrom LM,Myers DE,Uckun FM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the single-strand conformation polymorphism and heteroduplex analyses, the P53 and RB genes were analyzed in cell samples from twenty-eight patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) both at diagnosis and at the onset of accelerated phase (AP) of the disease. No alterations of the P53 or RB genes were found in...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Beck Z,Kiss A,Tóth FD,Szabó J,Bácsi A,Balogh E,Borbély A,Telek B,Kovács E,Oláh E,Rak K

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim of this multicenter-study was to evaluate rate and duration of remissions and to examine toxicity of cladribine in low-grade lymphomas as first-line therapy or in first relapse using intermittent 2-hour-infusion of cladribine. A total of 294 courses, median of 5 courses per patient, were administered to 66 evaluab...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Rummel MJ,Chow KU,Jäger E,Leimer L,Hossfeld DK,Bergmann L,Peters HD,Hansmann ML,Meyer A,Hoelzer D,Mitrou PS

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma received a single subcutaneous injection of 6 mg pegfilgrastim approximately 24 h after the start of CHOP chemotherapy. The safety of pegfilgrastim in this patient population was determined by reports of adverse events. The pharmacokinetics of pegfilgrastim were charact...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： George S,Yunus F,Case D,Yang BB,Hackett J,Shogan JE,Meza LA,Neumann TA,Liang BC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epitope in the frame region (FR) of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IgHV) is a potential target for lymphoma immunotherapy. Our previous work identified a FR-derived nonapeptide (QLVQSGAEV) capable of in vitro eliciting anti-lymphoma specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in lymphocytes from human...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Liu H,Cai P,Liu HX,Wang JL,Liu Q,Zhu P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Philadelphia chromosome, arising as a consequence of the t(9;22) translocation, is one of the most frequent and certainly the most known cytogenetic abnormality present in human hematological malignancies. Unlike the vast majority of the other translocations, its presence is not restricted to a specific leukemia p...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Saglio G,Pane F,Martinelli G,Guerrasio A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of sixty-four patients with acute leukemia in first remission who had been treated with either bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or conventional chemotherapy was retrospectively evaluated (a median follow-up of 37 months). Among them, 26 patients (age range; 14-42 years) received allogeneic BMT from HLA-id...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Tamura S,Takemoto Y,Kanamaru A,Fujiwara H,Miyazaki E,Fujimori Y,Inoue N,Okamoto T,Kohsaki M,Kakishita E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the introduction of the WHO classification of chronic myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs), after approximately 5 years, a critical reappraisal appears to be warranted. Retrospective clinico-pathological evaluations conducted in the meantime, as well as the detection of new biomarkers, may aid in testing the ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Thiele J,Kvasnicka HM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a population-based study to assess how positron emission tomography (PET) is currently used in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Four cancer registries from northern Italy were used to identify patients with HL diagnosed from 2006 to 2008. Computed tomography (CT) and PET scans were collected before tr...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Luminari S,Cesaretti M,Tomasello C,Guida A,Bagni B,Merli F,Postiglione R,Mangone L,Versari A,Re F,De Lisi V,Ruffini L,Ferretti S,Cuneo A,Federico M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematologic malignancies are predominantly treated with chemotherapy or a combination of chemotherapy with monoclonal antibodies. Current treatment regimens often are not satisfactory due to severe side effects and a substantial proportion of relapsed patients. This has prompted the development of better tolerated and...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Nagorsen D,Bargou R,Ruttinger D,Kufer P,Baeuerle PA,Zugmaier G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard CHOP regimen may cure 30-40% of patients with advanced aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (ANHL). Mitoxantrone is an anthracenedione, which is active in NHL and its toxicity profile may be more favorable than doxorubicin with respect to alopecia, mucositis and cardiotoxicity. This study was designed to com...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Pangalis GA,Vassilakopoulos TP,Michalis E,Roussou P,Vrakidou E,Repousis P,Angelopoulou MK,Siakantaris MP,Korantzis J,Symeonidis A,Grigorakis V,Stefanoudakis E,Stamatellou M,Bourantas KL,Kalmantis T,Christopoulos G,Kokkini

更新日期：2003-04-01 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

abstract：:This report describes two cases of T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (T-CLL) treated with purine nucleoside analogues. One patient had CD8+, CD3+ large granular lymphocytosis (LGL) producing transfusion-dependent anemia and was refractory to chemotherapy. Treatment with four cycles of fludarabine produced a clinical...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Witzig TE,Weitz JJ,Lundberg JH,Tefferi A

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and lymphotoxin alpha (LT-alpha) have been shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of limphoproliferative disease. Both cytokines regulate cell-survival and cell-death in leukemic cells. TNF-alpha and LT-alpha are highly produced in chronic lymphotic leukemia (CLL) a...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Jevtovic-Stoimenov T,Kocic G,Pavlovic D,Macukanovic-Golubovic L,Marjanovic G,Djordjevic V,Tosić N,Pavlović S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy-related changes of the bone marrow fiber content remain a controversial issue in hematopathology. This conflict of opinion firstly depends on difficulties to determine the quantity of fibers exactly (semiquantitative grading, morphometry, reference to cellularity). Secondly, the appropriate selection of patien...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Thiele J,Kvasnicka HM

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about disparities in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). We performed a retrospective chart review of patients with MDS (n = 252) evaluated at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center between 2000 and 2010. The median age at diagnosis was 65 years, which was lower than the median age of 76 year...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Zandberg DP,Hendrick F,Vannorsdall E,Bierenbaum J,Tidwell ML,Ning Y,Zhao XF,Davidoff AJ,Baer MR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports on the cytogenetic features of a novel case of pediatric Burkitt-like lymphoma (BLL), that adds to the three published. Four groups of cytogenetic abnormalities were detected in the present case: (1) imbalances shared by most germinal center (GC) derived B-cell tumors including BLL (+1q, -6q, -8p, +...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Pezzolo A,Cinti R,Negri F,Parodi F,Garaventa A,Gambini C,Pistoia V

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is characterized by profound immune dysfunction and a marked resistance to apoptosis. Understanding the cellular biology of immune effector cells from CLL patients as well as leukemic target cells is essential to developing immune mediated therapeutic strategies for CLL. In th...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Vu UE,Pavletic ZS,Wang X,Joshi SS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the significance of post-transplant serum ferritin (SF), we retrospectively assessed pre- and post-transplant SF. Among 256 patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) for hematologic malignancies between 2000 and 2011, those who had relapsed within 1 year were excluded, and 110 patients survi...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Tachibana T,Tanaka M,Numata A,Matsumoto K,Tomita N,Fujimaki K,Taguchi J,Sakai R,Fujita H,Fujisawa S,Maruta A,Ishigatsubo Y,Kanamori H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New therapies for relapsing/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (R/R HL) and R/R systemic anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (sALCL) have emerged. This study captured utility values for R/R HL and sALCL to support economic evaluation. Health state "vignettes" were developed describing states associated with R/R HL and sALCL: trea...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Swinburn P,Shingler S,Acaster S,Lloyd A,Bonthapally V

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00