abstract：:The risk for opportunistic infections is correlated with low CD4+ T lymphocyte counts in patients with HIV. We performed a retrospective analysis in 54 patients with multiple myeloma undergoing high-dose melphalan chemotherapy + autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation to better define the value of routin...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Gorschlüter M,Glasmacher A,Sarazin S,Hackbarth F,Hoebert E,Orlopp K,Schmidt-Wolf IG,Mey U

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms in detoxification enzymes of the glutathione S-transferase (GST) family have been associated with risk and prognosis of several cancer types. We studied deletions of GSTM1 and GSTT1, and the GSTP1 Ile(105)Val polymorphism in 89 patients with follicular lymphoma (FL). Patients with a GSTM1 or GSTT1 deleti...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Hohaus S,Mansueto G,Massini G,D'Alo F,Giachelia M,Martini M,Larocca LM,Voso MT,Leone G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity to generate effective dendritic cells (DC) from adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients in complete remission (CR) and off-therapy was investigated. Monocyte-derived DC cultured in the presence of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin (IL)-4 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Maggio R,Peragine N,Calabrese E,De Propris MS,Intoppa S,Della Starza I,Ariola C,Vitale A,Foà R,Guarini A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively investigated the use of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) to kinetically monitor cell activation in six follicular lymphoma patients vaccinated with tumor lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cells. PET revealed additional initial nodes suggestive of lymphoma, that were of...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Baudard M,Comte F,Conge AM,Mariano-Goulart D,Klein B,Rossi JF

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first complete remission (CR-1) remains the subject of debate: with the possibilities of chemotherapy alone, autologous (auto) or allogeneic (allo) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We undertook a retrospective analysis of AML patients age...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Loh YS,Koh LP,Tai BC,Hwang WY,Linn YC,Goh YT,Tan PH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the specific genetic alterations in nasal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (N-NK/T-L), the assay of restriction landmark genomic scanning (RLGS), a genome-wide method, was used to investigate a pair of genomic DNA from N-NK/T-L cells and peripheral blood leukocytes of the same patient. The intensified spots in...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Ye Y,Li T,Zhang B,Guo Z

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collection depends on the timing of apheresis based on CD34+ cell enumeration. Because this analysis is expensive and induces organization difficulties, we evaluated hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) quantification on the Sysmex XE-2100 as a surrogate analysis. We tested ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Letestu R,Marzac C,Audat F,Belhocine R,Tondeur S,Baccini V,Garçon L,Cortivo LD,Perrot JY,Lefrère F,Valensi F,Ajchenbaum-Cymbalista F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of rituximab to chemotherapy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has been shown to improve outcome in first-line therapy. However, in patients with relapsed or refractory disease, the value of adding rituximab to salvage chemotherapy is less clearly defined. This study performed a match...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Mey UJ,Olivieri A,Orlopp KS,Rabe C,Strehl JW,Gorschlueter M,Hensel M,Flieger D,Glasmacher AG,Schmidt-Wolf IG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma is a genetically heterogenous disease with a wide variety of characterized genetic aberrations. Until recently, the impact of these aberrations on patient outcome was not known. However, in the last 5-10 years, several genetic markers have been linked to patient outcome. One of the strongest predictor...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Keats JJ,Reiman T,Belch AR,Pilarski LM

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:One-hundred-and-thirty typical, unselected CLL cases were studied by conventional cytogenetic analysis. Seventy-three patients (56.2%) had normal karyotype ('normal sub-group'), while 57/130 patients (43.8%) had abnormal karyotype. Twenty-two of 57 patients (38.6%) carried more than one abnormality. Six novel chromoso...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Athanasiadou A,Stamatopoulos K,Tsezou A,Vadikolia C,Asteriou O,Fassas A,Anagnostopoulos A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of relapsed lymphoma depends upon the variables of chemosensitive disease and successful stem cell mobilization. The microtubule specific agents, paclitaxel and vinorelbine, have efficacy in relapsed lymphoma and can enhance stem cell mobilization. We performed a phase I dose-escalation study of cytarabine ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Lonial S,Arellano M,Hutcherson D,Langston A,Flowers C,Heffner LT,Winton E,Jo Lechowicz M,Waller EK

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autocrine Motility Factor (AMF)/maturation factor (MF)/neuroleukin (NLK) is a multifunctional protein, which acts as a glucose 6-phosphate isomerase (G6PI) intracellularly. Exto-G6PI stimulates invasion and metastasis of tumor cells, neurotropic growth and differentiation of leukemic cells. The cell motility and proli...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Haga A,Komazaki S,Funasaka T,Hashimoto K,Yokoyama Y,Watanabe H,Raz A,Nagase H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological transformation of low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) to diffuse large cell NHL is well recognized and is associated with a poor prognosis. We sought to determine the overall outcome and the factors that affect survival in patients with histological transformation of low-grade NHL. Between November 1979 ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Micallef IN,Remstein ED,Ansell SM,Colgan JP,Inwards DJ,Johnston PB,Lewis JT,Markovic SN,Porrata LF,White WL,Witzig TE,Ristow K,Habermann TM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a short-term, multi-agent and dose intensive regimen in AIDS patients with Burkitt or Burkitt-like lymphoma (BL/BLL) and to compare its efficacy with that of a conventional regimen. This was a retrospective, multi-center cohort study of all HIV-1-infected p...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Hoffmann C,Wolf E,Wyen C,Fätkenheuer G,Van Lunzen J,Stellbrink HJ,Stoehr A,Plettenberg A,Jaeger H,Noppeney R,Hentrich M,Goekbuget N,Hoelzer D,Horst HA

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:In four patients, aged 15 - 20 years, with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML), high-dose samarium 153-labelled ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonate (153Sm-EDTMP) was used for targeted marrow irradiation before preparative chemotherapy conditioning regimens and allogeneic (three patients) or autologous (one pat...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Rodriguez V,Anderson PM,Litzow MR,Erlandson L,Trotz BA,Arndt CA,Khan SP,Wiseman GA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young man presented with systemic symptoms and marked eosinophilia. Subsequently cyclical weight gain and edema contributed to a diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Marks AJ,Abdalla SH,Cross NC,Bain BJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much progress has been made in the field of allogeneic stem cell transplantation. However, one major barrier is the delay in immune recovery that can persist for months post-transplant and results in increased susceptibility to infection and relapse of malignancy. Strategies to improve immune recovery must be balanced...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Snyder KM,Mackall CL,Fry TJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the initial characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with conjunctival low-grade malignant lymphoma, all patients treated for low-grade lymphoma with initial conjunctival involvement were reviewed. Forty-nine cases were selected, including 45 cases with exclusive ophthalmologic conjunctival involve...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Meunier J,Lumbroso-Le Rouïc L,Dendale R,Vincent-Salomon A,Asselain B,Arnaud P,Némati F,Fourquet A,Desjardins L,Plancher C,Levy C,Chaoui D,Validire P,Decaudin D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaucher disease (GD) is the most frequent lysosomal storage disease and corresponds to an inherited deficiency of glucocerebrosidase. Due to excessive accumulation of glucocerebroside in bone marrow, both cytopenia and bone lesions may occur. The incidence of malignant disorders has been evoked in non-neuronopathic ty...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Costello R,O'Callaghan T,Sébahoun G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of unexplained peripheral blood cytopenia, particularly neutropenia, has been recently reported after rituximab. Its prevalence may be underestimated since it may occur late after treatment. This study analysed all cases of unexplained delayed-onset peripheral blood cytopenia of WHO grade II - IV occurr...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Cattaneo C,Spedini P,Casari S,Re A,Tucci A,Borlenghi E,Ungari M,Ruggeri G,Rossi G

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：: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：:In young women treated for intermediate-high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with CHOP (cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, oncovine and prednisone), there is insufficient data concerning gonadotoxicity or the need for fertility-preserving measures. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the fertility status in the first...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Elis A,Tevet A,Yerushalmi R,Blickstein D,Bairy O,Dann EJ,Blumenfeld Z,Abraham A,Manor Y,Shpilberg O,Lishner M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age-adjusted incidence of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is markedly higher in Saudi Arabia than in the USA, and accounts for 10.5% of all neoplasias in children aged 15 years or older in Saudi Arabia. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection has been suspected to cause high HL incidence in developing countries. To investigate...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Al-Kuraya K,Narayanappa R,Al-Dayel F,El-Solh H,Ezzat A,Ismail H,Belgaumi A,Bavi P,Atizado V,Sauter G,Simon R

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:The (1;19)(q23;p13) translocation, leading to the production of the E2A/PBX1 fusion transcript, is one of the most common translocations in pediatric B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It was assumed to be associated with a poor clinical outcome, although intensive therapy and bone marrow transplantation ha...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Piccaluga PP,Malagola M,Rondoni M,Ottaviani E,Testoni N,Laterza C,Visani G,Pileri SA,Martinelli G,Baccarani M

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with localized follicular lymphoma are potentially curable; however, the failure rate for local treatment suggests that a proportion of apparently localized disease is being under-staged. We report a case of incidentally diagnosed follicular lymphoma found in association with a stage II malignant melanoma, wi...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Dickinson M,Wotherspoon A,Cunningham D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that myeloid neoplasms are organized hierarchically in terms of self-renewal and maturation of early progenitor cells, similar to normal myelopoiesis. In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the NOD/SCID mouse-repopulating leukemic stem cells usually co-express CD123 with CD34, but lack CD38. So far, howe...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Florian S,Sonneck K,Hauswirth AW,Krauth MT,Schernthaner GH,Sperr WR,Valent P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), experimental studies using synthetic peptides identical to the bcr-abl fusion region have revealed the capability of specific peptides to bind to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules (HLA-A2, A3, A11, B8) and class II molecules (HLA-DR1, DR2, DR3, DR4 and DR11). Individual...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Chhaya SU

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports an autopsy case of a 53 year-old male with rapidly progressive extra-nodal NK/T-cell lymphoma accompanied with unusual clinical and pathologic features. He was initially presented with localized swelling and tenderness in the right lower extremity and the biopsy from the calf muscle was interpreted ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Min HS,Hyun CL,Paik JH,Jeon YK,Choi G,Park SH,Seo JW,Kim CW

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally accepted that allogeneic stem cell transplantation can 'cure' chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), although occasional patients relapse more than 10 years after the transplant procedure. Such cures presumably result from the combined effects of leukemia stem cells (LSCs) of the conditioning regimen and ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Goldman J,Gordon M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe eight cases of acute proptosis due to mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), among 26 consecutive MCL cases. The median time of onset was 29 months (range 0-102) from diagnosis. Two cases presented initially with orbital masses while five as sudden disease progression after multiple courses of chemotherapy. In each c...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Hon C,Chan RT,Ma ES,Shek TW,Yau K,Au WY

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bullous pyoderma gangrenosum begins as a bulla, nodule or nonulcerated erythematous plaque that blisters or ulcerates to form a superficial ulcer surrounded by a hemorrhagic, bullous border, which is surrounded by a blue-gray halo. Bullous pyoderma gangrenosum is most commonly associated with hematologic malignancies,...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Fox LP,Geyer AS,Husain S,Grossman ME

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZAP-70 has emerged as a protein of potential prognostic importance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) following gene expression profiling which compared the 2 well established prognostic sub-sets, those with unmutated and mutated IgVH genes. This protein tyrosine kinase (PTK), known to be of importance in T and NK ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Orchard J,Ibbotson R,Best G,Parker A,Oscier D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Akt (protein kinase B) is a serine/threonine kinase involved in the regulation of cell survival signals. Akt is expressed in T- and B-lymphocytes and is activated in response to cytokine and antigen-receptor stimulation. Three isoforms of Akt have been identified, Akt-1, -2 and -3, but the expression pattern and speci...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Fillmore GC,Wang Q,Carey MJ,Kim CH,Elenitoba-Johnson KS,Lim MS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalidomide represents a recent and innovative therapeutic approach in multiple myeloma. Main toxicity usually consists in somnolence, constipation, peripheral neuropathy and deep vein thrombosis, but, unlike alkylating agents, thalidomide is reported to rarely induce severe hematologic toxicity. The majority of patie...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Mazzotta S,Gozzetti A,Pirrotta MT,Bocchia M,Sammassimo S,Bucalossi A,Lauria F

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with early stage favorable Hodgkin's disease who relapse after extended field radiotherapy have satisfactory results. We retrospectively analysed patients with relapsed HD after initial radiation therapy alone to determine treatment outcome and prognostic factors. Nine-hundred and forty five patients in local...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Rüffer JU,Ballova V,Glossmann J,Sieber M,Franklin J,Nogova L,Diehl V,Josting A,German Hodgkin Study Group.

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 50-year-old patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome with trisomy 8 who experienced a complete and durable hematological and cytogenetic remission with low-dose imatinib therapy. He also had a significant reversal of cardiac dysfunction with a reduction in cardiac hypertrophy, resolution of peric...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Onitilo AA,Kio EA,Singh AK,Lazarchick J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00