abstract：:Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) may favor autoimmune disease (AD) occurrence. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate AD occurrence among IMiD-treated patients with myeloma. Patients were grouped into three classes depending on the type of IMiD engaged. The first group included patients treated with thalidomide ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Montefusco V,Galli M,Spina F,Stefanoni P,Mussetti A,Perrone G,De Philippis C,Dalto S,Maura F,Bonini C,Rezzonico F,Pennisi M,Roncari L,Soldarini M,Dodero A,Farina L,Cocito F,Caprioli C,Corradini P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK)/T cell lymphoma associated with hemophagocytic syndrome (NK/T-LAHS) is a rare and life-threatening disease. The clinical features and overall survival of NK/T cell and other T cell lymphomas associated with hemophagocytic syndrome remain uncertain. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records o...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Han L,Li L,Wu J,Li X,Zhang L,Wang X,Fu X,Ma W,Sun Z,Zhang X,Chang Y,Guo S,Zhang M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 11th International Cord Blood Symposium was devoted to advances in umbilical cord blood (UCB) research and transplant. Results of cord blood transplant (UCB SCT) for congenital storage disease and hemoglobinopathies are encouraging, but UCB SCT may also be useful for older adults with hematologic malignancies, and...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： van Besien K

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indolent lymphomas primarily involving the skeleton (iPBL) represent < 1% of all primary bone lymphomas. The management and prognosis have not been previously described. Patients with primary and secondary iPBL were selected from an international database of 499 patients with a histopathological diagnosis of non-Hodgk...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Govi S,Christie D,Mappa S,Marturano E,Bruno-Ventre M,Messina C,Medina EA,Porter D,Radford J,Heo DS,Park Y,Pro B,Jayamohan J,Pavlakis N,Zucca E,Gospodarowicz M,Ferreri AJ,International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group.

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to describe a large population-based cohort of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) during the last decade, evaluating possible improvement in survival and to identify subgroups in need of novel treatment strategies. The study population encompassed all patients diagnosed with DLBCL in Sweden from 2000 th...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Székely E,Hagberg O,Arnljots K,Jerkeman M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential gene expression analysis by suppression subtractive hybridization with correlation to the metabolic pathways involved in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) may provide a new insight into the pathogenesis of CML. Among the overexpressed genes found in CML at diagnosis are SEPT5, RUNX1, MIER1, KPNA6 and FLT3, w...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Mascarenhas Cdo C,Ferreira da Cunha A,Brugnerotto AF,Gambero S,de Almeida MH,Carazzolle MF,Pagnano KB,Traina F,Costa FF,de Souza CA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The observation of binucleated lymphocytes (BNLs) on a peripheral blood smear is essential to the diagnosis of persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (PPBL). Only a few case reports have mentioned their presence in other contexts, mainly mature B-cell neoplasms such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia or reactive circ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Lesesve JF,Gressot AL,Troussard X,Mossafa H,Cornet E

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of arsenic trioxide (ATO) to frontline therapy of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has been shown to result in significant improvements in disease-free survival (DFS). FLT3 mutations are frequently observed in APL, but its prognostic significance remains unclear. We analyzed 245 newly diagnosed adult pa...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Poiré X,Moser BK,Gallagher RE,Laumann K,Bloomfield CD,Powell BL,Koval G,Gulati K,Holowka N,Larson RA,Tallman MS,Appelbaum FR,Sher D,Willman C,Paietta E,Stock W

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Reconstitution, engraftment kinetics and tumor cell clearance were analyzed after reduced intensity conditioning hematopoietic cell transplant (RIC-HCT) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Patients were transplanted from unrelated (n = 40) or related (n = 10) donors after fludarabine and 2 Gy...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Hebenstreit K,Iacobelli S,Leiblein S,Eisfeld AK,Pfrepper C,Heyn S,Vucinic V,Franke GN,Krahl R,Fricke S,Becker C,Pönisch W,Behre G,Niederwieser D,Lange T

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Abstract ATM gene alteration is a frequent event in pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and occurs as monoallelic loss in the form of 11q23 deletion, with and without mutation in the remaining ATM allele. ATM is a principal DNA damage response gene and biallelic ATM alterations lead to ATM functional lo...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Stankovic T,Skowronska A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Everolimus (RAD-001) has recently been used as an immunosuppressive drug to treat patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), thereby reducing cyclosporine-related nephrotoxicity. We studied the immunomodulatory effect of everolimus on mitogen-stimulated and particularly cytomegalovirus (CMV)-sp...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Jin N,Malcherek G,Mani J,Zurleit R,Schmitt A,Chen B,Freund M,Ho AD,Schmitt M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Increasing manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) expression can suppress the malignant phenotype in various cancer cell lines and suppress tumor formation in xenograft and transgenic mouse models. A mimic of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSODm), synthesized by a chemical method, has been shown to possess ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Wang YH,Xu XJ,Zhang LF,Li HL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelofibrosis (MF), polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are three classic BCR ABL fusion gene-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Though rare, it is important to understand the burden of illness of these disorders for public health planning, healthcare insurers and pharmaceutica...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Mehta J,Wang H,Iqbal SU,Mesa R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of cylindromatosis gene (CYLD) expression has been observed in various cancers, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). As a deubiquitination enzyme, CYLD regulates the proliferation, development and activation of lymphoid cells. Here we determined the CYLD mRNA expression by quantitative polymerase chain r...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Wu W,Zhu H,Fu Y,Shen W,Xu J,Miao K,Hong M,Xu W,Liu P,Li J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple myeloma who are refractory or intolerant to both bortezomib and lenalidomide have a poor prognosis. Next-generation therapies carfilzomib and pomalidomide have shown promising activity in this dual refractory population. Here we describe the clinical characteristics and ascertain the effects of ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Wang TF,Ahluwalia R,Fiala MA,Trinkaus KM,Cox DP,Jaenicke M,Moliske CC,Carson KR,Wildes TM,Tomasson MH,Stockerl-Goldstein KE,Vij R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the expression of CD1d, an antigen-presenting molecule, on peripheral blood leukemic cells of cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by flow cytometry. We demonstrated variable expression of CD1d on leukemic lymphocytes and an association between high expression of CD1d with shorter time to treatment ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Anastasiadis A,Kotsianidis I,Papadopoulos V,Spanoudakis E,Margaritis D,Christoforidou A,Gouliamtzi S,Tsatalas C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs16754 of the WT1 gene has been described as a possible prognostic marker in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, the results in this field are not reproducible in different cohorts. In this study, we investigated WT1 mutations, expression levels and SNP rs1675...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Luo S,Yu K,Yan QX,Shen ZJ,Wu JB,Chen HM,Gao SM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent clinical data suggest remarkable activity of ibrutinib, the first-in-class covalent inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), as well as excellent activity in other B cell malignancies, including in particular mantle cell lymphoma and Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. This...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Brown JR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and seventy-five hemato-oncologists and nuclear medicine specialists from 23 countries joined the 2-day 4th International Workshop on Positron Emission Tomography in Lymphoma held in October 2012. The meeting was under the auspices of the European Lymphoma Institute, the Lymphoma Study Association (LYSA) a...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Meignan M,Barrington S,Itti E,Gallamini A,Haioun C,Polliack A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the contribution of association studies of candidate polymorphisms to inherited predisposition to chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published case-control studies. We identified 36 studies which reported on polymorphic variation in 19 genes and CLL ri...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Sava GP,Speedy HE,Houlston RS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediate allergy to l-asparaginase (ASP) is a major obstacle in treating lymphoid malignancies. ASP-specific immunoglobulin G (ASP-IgG) has been used as a surrogate marker. Recently, the CD203c-basophil activation test (BAT) was found to be useful in diagnosing IgE-mediated allergies. We compared the diagnostic utili...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Hino M,Shimojo N,Ochiai H,Inoue Y,Ando K,Chikaraishi K,Ota S,Okimoto Y,Sunami S,Nakamura R,Teshima R,Sato Y,Kohno Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes our institution's experience using whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) to treat patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) presenting with hyperleukocytosis. After approval by the institutional review board, we identified patients with AML and hyperleukocytosis using hospital records. The pri...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Ferro A,Jabbour SK,Taunk NK,Aisner J,Cohler A,Somalya S,Goyal S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocyte-colony stimulating factors (G-CSFs) enhance bone marrow (BM) recovery after autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in patients with lymphoma and myeloma. Few publications exist that discuss the use of filgrastim biosimilars after ASCT. We conducted a single-center retrospective study in patients with lymph...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Ianotto JC,Ngo Sack F,Couturier MA,Tempescul A,Mugnier N,Delepine P,Guillerm G,Berthou C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to determine the serum dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) activity as well as the percentages of CD26 + lymphocytes and CD26 + overall white blood cells in patients with hematological malignancies: non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), leukemia, plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma,...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Matić IZ,Đorđević M,Đorđić M,Grozdanić N,Damjanović A,Kolundžija B,Vidović A,Bila J,Ristić S,Mihaljević B,Tomin D,Milanović N,Ristić D,Purić M,Gavrilović D,Cordero OJ,Juranić ZD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTK787/ZK222584 (vatalanib), an orally active inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFRs), was evaluated in this phase II study of 20 patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Patients received once-daily PTK787/ZK222584 at a target dose of 1250 mg. Eighteen patien...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Brander D,Rizzieri D,Gockerman J,Diehl L,Shea TC,Decastro C,Moore JO,Beaven A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) in extramedullary infiltration of acute leukemia is unclear. We demonstrated in our previous study that the up-regulation of TIMP-2 promoted SHI-1 cell invasion in vitro. We investigated in the present study whether TIMP-2 would have the same effect in vivo....

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Wang C,Cai X,Chen B,He Z,Chen Z,Cen J,Li Z

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapse represents the main cause of treatment failure after allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT). The detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) by multiparametric flow cytometry (MFC), chimerism, cytogenetics and molecular analysis may be critical to prevent relapse. Therefore, we assessed the overall agreeme...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Rossi G,Carella AM,Minervini MM,Savino L,Fontana A,Pellegrini F,Greco MM,Merla E,Quarta G,Loseto G,Capalbo S,Palumbo G,Cascavilla N

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics and functions of BH3-only proteins Puma, Noxa and Bim in the prognosis, therapy and drug resistance of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Puma, Noxa and Bim mRNAs were evaluated by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, and ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Zhu HJ,Liu L,Fan L,Zhang LN,Fang C,Zou ZJ,Li JY,Xu W

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance and mechanisms of TET2 are not well defined in myeloid malignancies. We detected TET2 mutations and assayed its catalyzing conversion product 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) in 61 Chinese patients with MDS. Ten patients were identified to have TET2 mutations (16.4%). 5-hmC levels in patients ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Liu X,Zhang G,Yi Y,Xiao L,Pei M,Liu S,Luo Y,Zhong H,Xu Y,Zheng W,Shen J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral T-cell lymphomas are characterized by a poor clinical outcome. We retrospectively analyzed 208 adults treated in our institution between 2000 and 2011. Median age at diagnosis was 55 years. Fifty-one percent had B symptoms and 51% serum elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels. Eastern Cooperative Oncolo...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Broussais-Guillaumot F,Coso D,Belmecheri N,Ivanov V,Schiano de Collela JM,Aurran-Schleinitz T,Stoppa AM,Chetaille B,Xerri L,Esterni B,Blaise D,Bouabdallah R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/National Institutes of Health (iwCLL/NIH) guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), bone marrow biopsy (BMB) is not required at diagnosis, however recommended before initiating treatment. That notwithstandin...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Baliakas P,Kanellis G,Stavroyianni N,Fameli M,Anagnostopoulos A,Stamatopoulos K,Papadaki T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural history of the chronic phase (CP) of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and the high response rates achieved with BCR-ABL inhibitor therapy necessitate long-term evaluation of survival-based outcome measures. Prior to the availability of long-term BCR-ABL inhibitor data, short-term surrogate end points predict...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Akwaa F,Liesveld J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the patterns of use of 18-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) for the initial staging of patients with newly diagnosed grade 1-2 follicular lymphoma (FL) and its potential impact on treatment. Data were obtained from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Abou-Nassar KE,Vanderplas A,Friedberg JW,Abel GA,Niland J,Rodriguez MA,Czuczman MS,Millenson M,Crosby A,Gordon LI,Zelenetz AD,Kaminski M,Lacasce AS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the immunogenic potential of irradiated lymphoma cells in vivo and determine whether immunogenicity can be enhanced by modulation of the host immune system. Syngeneic murine lymphoma models irradiated ex vivo were used as an orthotopic cellular vaccination prior to challenge with vi...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Honeychurch J,Melis MH,Dovedi SJ,Mu L,Illidge TM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated serum free light chains (FLCs) have been associated with an unfavorable prognosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The aim of this study was to determine the clinical relevance of a quantitative assessment of intact circulating immunoglobulin (Ig), using serum Ig heavy chain/light chain pair (HLC) me...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Jardin F,Delfau-Larue MH,Molina TJ,Copie-Bergman C,Brière J,Petrella T,Canioni D,Fabiani B,Jais JP,Figeac M,Leroy K,Mareschal S,Salles GA,Coiffier B,Delarue R,Peyrade F,Bosly A,André M,Ketterer N,Haioun C,Tilly H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) has compromised and continues to compromise the benefits associated with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant to cure malignant and non-malignant diseases. Pharmacologic interventions to prevent GVHD have emerged as a major objective of research in the immunology and...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Ram R,Storb R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic importance of rituximab and radiotherapy in patients with primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) receiving doxorubicin-containing chemotherapy. Seventy-nine patients with PMBCL received CHOP chemotherapy with (n = 39) or without rituximab (n = 40...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Xu LM,Fang H,Wang WH,Jin J,Wang SL,Liu YP,Song YW,Ren H,Zhou LQ,Li YX

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of the B lymphoid marker, CD19, in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has frequently been associated with t(8;21)(q22;q22). However, AML cases lacking t(8;21) may occasionally express CD19. We asked whether CD19 expression is restricted to the karyotypically abnormal leukemic cells in primary leukemia sa...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Francis J,Dharmadhikari AV,Sait SN,Deeb G,Wallace PK,Thompson JE,Wang ES,Wetzler M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) in the United States has not been addressed. Eight years of data (2001-2008) from 17 registries of the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program were used for this study. Of the 116,411 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in the registries, 763 ...

journal_title：Leukemia & lymphoma

authors： Liu L,Wang H,Chen Y,Rustveld L,Liu G,Du XL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00