Autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for AML in first remission - An abandoned practice or promising approach?

abstract：:5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine; Dacogen, MGI Pharma, Inc, Bloomington, MN) is a cytidine analog that inhibits DNA methyltransferases resulting in loss of DNA methylation with subsequent gene re-expression. This compound was first synthesized over 40 years ago and since that time much information has been learned r...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Kantarjian HM,Issa JP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia is one of the most common reasons for inpatient hematology consultations. The main challenges in the management of hospitalized patients with thrombocytopenia are to identify the underlying cause and to recognize when urgent interventions are required. Examination of the blood film is essential in the...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Arnold DM,Lim W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial thrombosis has long been considered as an autosomal dominant trait, caused by a dominant gene defect with a reduced penetrance for the disease. Recently, this view has changed and today familial thrombophilia is considered as a complex genetic disorder caused by the segregation of two or more gene defects (kn...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Koeleman BP,Reitsma PH,Bertina RM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious diseases are the leading causes of death in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Major changes have occurred in the spectrum of infections paralleling the changes in the treatment of MM. Bacteria (particularly gram-negative organisms) are the most frequent etiologic agents, and invasive fungal infections ca...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Nucci M,Anaissie E

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a clonal proliferation of mature-appearing, but maturationally immature B cells; T cells are rarely involved. Most data suggest that CLL cells are frozen at an early step in maturation; this can be overcome by several techniques such as in vitro incubation with tumor promotors. Al...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Gale RP,Foon KA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) or inflammation may be secondary to infections, autoimmune disorders, chronic renal failure, or malignancies. It is characterized by an immune activation with an increase in inflammatory cytokines and resultant increase in hepcidin levels. In addition, inappropriate erythropoietin level...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Gangat N,Wolanskyj AP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes clinical results of the Intergroupe Francophone du Myélome (IFM) trials: high-dose therapy (HDT) supported with autologous stem cells improves survival, melphalan 200 mg/m(2) is the best preparative regimen, unpurged peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are the recommended source of stem cells to...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Attal M,Harousseau JL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoralens plus ultraviolet A (UVA) light inactivate viruses and bacteria as well as leukocytes. A system employing the synthetic psoralen compound amotosalen hydrochloride (S-59), in combination with UVA light, is being developed to decontaminate platelet concentrates and plasma in a blood-bank setting. S-59 is a hete...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Wollowitz S

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While cure rates of over 80% are achieved in contemporary pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) protocols, most adults with ALL succumb to their disease, and little progress has been made in the treatment of refractory and relapsed ALL. Moreover, the burden of therapy is high in a significant number of newly di...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Jeha S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is consensus that human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is a necessary, albeit not sufficient, causal agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). In the past several years, there have been rapid advances in our understanding of HHV-8 infection. In diagnosis, antibody detection is more sensitive than nucleic acid-based techniques. Whi...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Martin JN

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) remains a diagnosis of exclusion both from nonimmune causes of thrombocytopenia and immune thrombocytopenia that develops in the context of other disorders (secondary immune thrombocytopenia). The pathobiology, natural history, and response to therapy of the diverse causes...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Cines DB,Liebman H,Stasi R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are now more than 25 million volunteer donors registered worldwide for patients in need of a life-saving hematopoietic cell transplant to cure blood disorders. Although a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched donor remains the preferred stem cell source for transplantation, the use of a donor with limited HLA mi...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Petersdorf EW

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trauma is rapidly replacing stroke and cardiovascular disease as a leading cause of death in Western countries such as the United States, and almost a third (30%) of trauma deaths are due to blood loss. Although the new intervention strategies that have been developed and adopted by emergency care staff have reduced t...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Hoyt DB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicenter clinical trial of the thrombin inhibitor argatroban (Novastan; Texas Biotechnology, Houston, TX; Smith-Kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA) was recently conducted in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and HIT that had progressed to thrombosis (HITTS). In patients defined by ...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Walenga JM,Jeske WP,Wood JJ,Ahmad S,Lewis BE,Bakhos M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoldering myeloma (SMM) is a precursor state of multiple myeloma. It is defined by an M-protein concentration ≥3 g/dL and/or ≥10% clonal bone marrow plasma cells, in the absence of end-organ damage. Based on clinical observations, the natural history of SMM varies greatly, from stable, monoclonal gammopathy of undete...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Landgren O,Rajkumar SV

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From work particularly In the last two decades of the century, the cell populations forming blood cells can now be purified and cultured clonally so that blood cell formation can be analyzed in vitro. A large number of specific regulators of this process have been identified and mass-produced in recombinant form. Thre...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Metcalf D

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) include polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). MPN are characterized by clonal proliferation of myeloid progenitors leading to erythrocytosis, thrombocytosis, or leukocytosis, and risk of hemorrhagic and thrombotic events, as well as ...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Ferreira Cristina S,Polo B,Lacerda JF

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia is a common, multifactorial condition among older adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of anemia (hemoglobin concentration <12 g/dL in women and <13 g/dL in men) is most often used in epidemiologic studies of older adults. More than 10% of community-dwelling adults age 65 years and older has W...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Patel KV

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by reciprocal chromosomal translocations that always Involve the retinoic acid receptor-alpha (RARalpha) gene on chromosome 17. RARalpha variably fuses to the PML, PLZF, NPM, NuMA, and STAT 5b genes (X genes), leading to the generation of X-RARalpha and RARalpha-X fu...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Rego EM,Pandolfi PP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiments reviewed here establish that surface components and surface functions can assume predictable, asymmetric patterns within the continuous plasma membranes of mammalian leukocytes. Recent biophysical and morphological studies show that receptor redistribution can occur very rapidly and that a unique geome...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Oliver JM,Berlin RD

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The farnesyltransferase inhibitors (FTIs) have been shown in early clinical trials to elicit antitumor actions in a broad range of solid and hematologic malignancies. The mechanism of FTI action involves blockade of farnesyltransferase, an enzyme implicated in multiple cell-signaling pathways involved in proliferation...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Cortes JE,Kurzrock R,Kantarjian HM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of combination chemotherapy has been successful in treating advanced or widespread Hodgkin's disease (HD). For patients with relapsed disease, the long-term prognosis is much poorer, despite the good rate of reinduction into a second or further remission using conventional treatments. The majority of such pati...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Laurence AD,Goldstone AH

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombopoietin (TPO) regulates thrombopoiesis through activation of TPO receptors on the megakaryocyte cell surface, resulting in increased platelet production. The TPO receptor agonists are novel treatments for patients with chronic ITP aimed at increasing platelet production through interactions with the TPO recepto...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Siegal D,Crowther M,Cuker A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell transplantation is a recognized treatment for many hematologic malignancies. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing is a key assessment in the evaluation of potential recipients and selection of the appropriate stem cell donor. Over the past several years, technological advances have moved HLA testing from a ...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Bray RA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report suggests modest changes in the criteria used for the diagnosis of ET and allows tentative recommendations concerning therapy. As outlined in Table I, we believe that absent stainable marrow iron does not necessarily indicate iron deficiency in these patients and that the serum ferritin and RBC mean corpusc...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Murphy S,Peterson P,Iland H,Laszlo J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in haploidentical stem cell transplantation have enabled the use of human leukocyte antigen-half matched related donors for allogeneic stem cell transplantation and helped overcome one of the most important limitation in transplantation, which is donor availability, especially for the non-Caucasian pop...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Kongtim P,Ciurea SO

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) comprises a group of incurable, generally slow-growing lymphomas highly responsive to initial therapy, with a relapsing and progressive course. Rituximab, an anti-CD20 antibody, has had a large impact on the treatment of indolent NHL. Its effectiveness as a single agent and in conju...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Sousou T,Friedberg J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since warfarin remains the predominate drug administered for long-term anticoagulation, optimizing therapy for maximum antithrombotic effect with minimal bleeding risk continues to challenge clinicians. Genetic differences exist that affect an individual's response to warfarin. The clinician can use genetic informatio...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Chai SJ,Macik BG

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) is a lymphoproliferative disorder of B cells that commonly has a favorable prognosis when treated with either combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy, or chemotherapy alone. However, the prognosis for patients who relapse, or have evidence for refractory disease, is poor and new treatments...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Younes A,Ansell SM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the prevalence of iron deficiency has remained relatively constant, there has been continuing refinement in its laboratory recognition, especially with the recent introduction of serum ferritin and FEP measurements. It is helpful to classify iron deficiency into three stages. Storage iron depletion is identified...

journal_title：Seminars in hematology

authors： Cook JD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00