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Objective:To investigate the long-term efficacy of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) as the first-line consolidation therapy for high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in the rituximab era.Methods:From January 2010 to June 2017, 113 DLBCL patients admitted to Henan Cancer Hospital who had complete remission (CR) after rituximab combined with chemotherapy were enrolled. Among 113 patients, 40 cases received auto-HSCT as the first-line consolidation treatment after chemotherapy (transplantation group) and 73 cases received chemotherapy only (non-transplantation group). The clinical data of 113 patients were retrospectively analyzed. The overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method, and OS and PFS were compared between both groups.Results:The 2-, 3- and 5-year OS rates of transplantation group and non-transplantation group were 90.0% vs. 91.8%, 84.9% vs. 80.1%, 80.9% vs. 72.8%, respectively, and the difference in OS was statistically significant of both groups ( P = 0.457); the 2-, 3- and 5-year PFS rates were 85.0% vs. 85.0%, 82.2% vs. 61.8%, 82.2% vs. 60.0%, respectively, and the difference in PFS was statistically significant of both groups ( P = 0.046). None of the patients in the transplantation group experienced early transplantation-related death. Conclusions:In the era of rituximab treatment, the first-line auto-HSCT consolidation therapy could improve the PFS of high-risk DLBCL patients who are sensitive to chemotherapy, and it may improve the OS with a good safety.
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Objective@#To explore the effect of combination regimen of interferon alpha-1b, interleukin-2 and thalidomide (ITI regimen) on minimal residual disease (MRD) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who were in hematologic remission but MRD-positive.@*Methods@#Eighteen patients (17 from Tumor Hospital of Zhengzhou University and 1 from the First People's Hospital of Pingdingshan City) with AML admitted from July 2016 to June 2018, who were in hematologic remission but MRD-positive were treated with different doses of ITI regimen, and the MRD levels were monitored.@*Results@#Among 18 patients who received a conventional dose of ITI regimen for 1 to 2 months, 7 patients had undetectable MRD, 3 had significant decrease in MRD levels, 3 had elevated MRD level and had hematologic recurrence. Three patients with elevated MRD level received a higher dose of ITI regimen, 2 of them turned to MRD negative and the other 1 patient had decreased MRD level. The total response rate was 72.2%, and the response rate in patients with MRD > 1.0% was 57.1% (4/7) , and that of patients with MRD < 1.0% was 81.8% (9/11) , respectively.@*Conclusion@#The ITI regimen can reduce the MRD level of patient with AML who are in hematologic remission but MRD-positive. The therapeutic effect could be improved by a higher dose administration of ITI regimen, and therapeutic effect may be negatively correlated with MRD level before treatment.
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Objective@#To analyze the efficacy and safety of lenalidomide combined with interferon (IFN) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) for treatment of refractory/relapsed or minimal residual disease (MRD)-positive acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).@*Methods@#Twelve patients with AML who were hospitalized in the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University from August 2013 to May 2019 were selected. These patients were previously treated with thalidomide combined with IFN and IL-2, and then treated with combined with IFN and IL-2. According to the Frence-American-British (FAB) classification system, there was 1 case of M0, 1 case of M1, 4 cases of M2a, 3 cases of M2b, 1 case of M4EO, and 2 cases of M5b. There were 2 cases with FLT3-ITD mutation-positive, 1 case with c-kit mutation-positive. There were 2 cases in the low-risk group, 7 cases in the intermediate-risk group, and 3 cases in the high-risk group. Three cases were refractory AML, 7 cases were relapsed AML (including 3 cases of recurrence once, 4 cases of recurrence twice; 5 cases of recent recurrence, 2 cases of long-term recurrence), 2 cases were MRD-positive. The efficacy and adverse reactions of 12 cases were evaluated.@*Results@#Twelve patients had received more than one cycle therapy of lenalidomide combined with IFN and IL-2, of which 4 patients achieved morphological complete remission (CR), 2 patients had CR with incomplete recovery of blood cells (CRi), 4 patients had no remission, 1 case had a decrease in MRD, and 1 case had an increase in MRD, and the total effective (CR+ CRi+ partial remission+ MRD decreased) was in 7 cases. There were no adverse reactions such as rash, constipine, bradycardia and peripheral neuritis; six patients had grade Ⅲ or higher experienced myelosuppression. No patients died of complications during the treatment, and the duration of remission of all patients was 2-20 months.@*Conclusion@#Lenalidomide combined with IFN and IL-2 for treatment of refractory/relapsed or MRD-positive AML is effective, and it can reduce the MRD value in MRD-positive patients, it could be a new treatment method for AML.
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To retrospectively analyze the safety and efficacy of low dose subcutaneous decitabine combined with arsenic trioxide in patients with intermediate or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Three of the total 11 MDS patients achieved complete remission (CR) and 6 achieved hematological improvement (HI), 1 stable disease (SD), and 1 progressive disease (PD). One patient was treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). The median follow-up time was 413(90-1 275) d. Nine patients were still alive. Low dose subcutaneous decitabine combined with arsenic trioxide can be an alternative regimen for intermediate or high-risk MDS patients.
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Objective@#To improve the knowledge and experience of ibrutinib combined with CAR-T cells in the treatment of high-risk chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CLL) patients or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) with TP53 gene aberration.@*Methods@#One case of del (17p) CLL patients with BCL-2 inhibitor resistance was treated with ibrutinib combined with CAR-T cells, successfully bridged to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) , and the relative literatures were reviewed.@*Results@#The patient was a young female with superficial lymph node enlarging at the beginning of the onset. Lymph node biopsy was confirmed as small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) without del (17p) . The disease progressed rapidly to CLL/SLL with del (17p) and bone marrow hematopoietic failure 2 years later. Firstly, the patient was treated with BCL-2 inhibitor (Venetoclax) , and the enlarged lymph nodes shrank significantly 2 months later. After 3 months, the disease progressed rapidly. The spleen was enlarged to 16 cm below the ribs, the neck lymph nodes was rapidly enlarged, and the superior vena cava syndrome appeared, which were mainly attributed to venetoclax resistance; so BTK inhibitor (ibrutinib) was used continuously after venetoclax discontinuation. Partial remission (PR) was achieved without lymphocytosis after 2 months, then ibrutinib was combined with CAR-T cells targeting CD19 antigen. Grade 1 of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) appeared after CAR-T cells infusion, and the complete remission (CR) was achieved after 1 month both in bone marrow and peripheral blood, with minimal residual disease (MRD) negative, then bridging allo-HSCT after 2 months of combined therapy.@*Conclusion@#CLL/SLL patients with TP53 aberration have poor prognosis because of rapid progression, drug resistance, etc. Ibrutinib combined with CAR-T cell therapy can quickly achieved complete remission.
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Objective@#To explore the clinical efficacy and prognostic factors of first-generation and second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) based regimen in the treatment of patients with BCR-ABL positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) .@*Methods@#Retrospectively analyze the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of 89 patients with BCR-ABL positive ALL from April 2012 to June 2018 in our hospital, the clinical efficacy of first-generation and second-generation TKI was compared.@*Results@#60 patients were classified into the first-generation TKI (imatinib) group, and 29 patients were in the second-generation TKI (dasatinib) group. There were no significant differences in gender, age, WBC, hemoglobin concentration, PLT, chromosomal karyotype, the types of fusion genes, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) and TKI initiation time between the two groups. The first-generation and second-generation TKI groups, for which the complete remission (CR) rate at the fourth week of induction therapy was 83.3% and 89.7% (P=0.637) , respectively, and the complete molecular remission (CMR) was 48.3%and 58.6% (P=0.363) , respectively, the difference was not statistically significant. The 2-year overall survival (OS) rate of first-generation and second-generation TKI group was 34.9% and 64.0% (χ2=4.743, P=0.029) , the 2-year relapse free survival (RFS) rate was 17.2% and 55.0% (χ2=8.801, P=0.003) , respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that complete molecular remission (HR=0.281, 95%CI 0.151-0.523, P<0.001) was independent favorable prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) , complete molecular remission (HR=0.209, 95%CI 0.112-0.390, P<0.001) and second-generation TKI (HR=0.318, 95%CI 0.158-0.641, P=0.001) were independent favorable prognostic factors for RFS.@*Conclusion@#For TKI-based regimen of BCR-ABL positive ALL, second-generation TKI is superior to first-generation TKI in OS and RFS time.
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Objective To explore the clinical efficacy and safety of low﹣dose decitabine subcutaneous injection combined with arsenicals in the treatment of medium﹣ and high﹣risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Methods Eight cases of medium﹣ and high﹣risk MDS without allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Xinhua Area Hospital of Pingdingshan City from January 2015 to August 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were given subcutaneous injection of low﹣dose decitabine combined with arsenicals. The specific regimen was as follow:0.1-0.2 mg/kg of decitabine, subcutaneous injection 2 times/week, 4 weeks in total; arsenic injection 10 mg/time or 0.16 mg/kg, intravenous administration, 1 time/d, 4 weeks; compound Huangdai tablets 60 mg/kg per day, 3 times orally. The efficacy and adverse reactions were observed. Results In 8 patients, there were 5 male and 3 female, with an average age of 61.4 years old (44-80 years old) Eleven cases were refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB), 6 cases were RAEB﹣2, 1 case was refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia (RCMD) with bone marrow fibrosis (MF). Three of the patients had previously received treatment with decitabine. All patients completed the treatment successfully and no treatment﹣related deaths occurred. By the end of follow﹣up, 2 patients had complete remission, 4 patients had complete bone marrow remission with hematologic improvement, 1 patient had stable disease, and 1 patient had disease progression. For 2 patients who had been treated with decitabine regimen, the regimen of re﹣administered decitabine plus arsenic was still effective. Eight patients had more than level 2 of myelosuppression, except for one patient with intestinal infection due to unclean diet and one patient with mild pulmonary infection. The remaining 6 patients had no associated infection and heart, liver, kidney and other adverse reactions. Conclusion Low﹣dose decitabine subcutaneous injection combined with arsenicals is safe and could be a new treatment for the medium﹣ and high﹣risk MDS.
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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy and adverse events of decitabine combined with full_dose and long_term pre_excitation regimen as a induction therapy for relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Methods A total of 32 patients with relapsed/refractory AML in Henan Provincial Cancer Hospital from May 2013 to February 2018 were enrolled. All the patients were treated with decitabine combined with full_dose and long_term pre_excitation regimen, including 15 patients who received decitabine combined with CAG regiemtn, and 17 patients who received decitabine combined with CHAG regimen: 25 mg decitabine, intravenous drip, from day 1 to day 3; cytarabine (10-15 mg/m2) administered subcutaneously every 12 h one time, from day 4 to day 17 or more; homoharringtonine (1 mg/m2) intravenous drip, administered intravenously from day 4 to day 10 or more; aclacinomycin (8-10 mg/m2), intravenous drip, administered intravenously from day 4 to day 11 or more; granulocyte colony_stimulating factor (G_CSF) (100-200 μg/m2), subcutaneous injection, and it began 1 day before chemotherapy, adjusted according to the blood cell count; the therapeutic effect and adverse reactions of the patients were observed. Results There were 29 patients (90.6% ) with complete remission (CR), 3 patients (9.4% ) with partial remission (PR), and the overall response (CR+PR) rate was 100.0% (32/32). In decitabine combined with CAG regimen group, 13 patients achieved CR; in decitabine combined with CHAG regimen group, 16 patients achieved CR, and there was no statistically significant difference in the efficacy between the two groups (P＝0.589). The main adverse reactions were agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia, secondary infection and fever, and no serious adverse events occurred. Conclusion Decitabine combined with full_dose and long_term pre_excitation regimen has a favorable efficacy and safety, which provides a new therapy for relapsed/refractory AML.
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Objective@#To detect the expression of CRLF2 in adult Ph negative acute B lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL) in newly diagnosed cases, and to investigate the relationship between CRLF2 and the general clinical characteristics, efficacy and prognosis.@*Methods@#103 cases of newly diagnosed adult B-ALL patients were investigated from Apr 2016 to Dec 2017 in the Department of Hematology, Henan Cancer Hospital. Bone marrow samples was used to detect the expression of CRLF2 in leukemic cells. The expression of CRLF2 ≥20% was defined as CRLF2-high group and <20% was defined as CRLF2-low group. The clinical characteristics and prognosis of the two groups were compared.@*Results@#The Median overall survival (OS) and disease free survial (DFS) in CRLF2-high group were 9.0 months and 4.25 months, respectively. CRLF2-low group were 15.5 months and 10.25 months, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in median OS and DFS between the two groups (P=0.007, P=0.000) . The 18-month OS and DFS in CRLF2-high group were 38.6% and 25.1%, respectively. CRLF2-low group were 57.8% and 42.3%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed high expression of CRLF2 was an independent risk factor for OS (HR=2.991, 95% CI 1.429-6.261, P=0.004) and DFS (HR=2.374, 95%CI 1.146-4.960, P=0.041) in patients.@*Conclusion@#Patients with high expression of CRLF2 had poor prognosis.
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Objective@#To analyze the efficacy and safety of asparaginase based chemotherapy bridging autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) in the treatment of 16 patients with nasal type extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL).@*Methods@#From January 2012 to June 2017, 16 patients with nasal type extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma reached complete remission by L-asparaginase based regimens, and then received auto-HSCT.@*Results@#①Of the 16 patients, 12 were males and 4 females, with a median age of 35.5 (14-61) years. There were 11 patients in the first complete remission (CR1) and 5 in the second CR (CR2) before transplantation, respectively. EB virus (EBV) DNA (EBV-DNA) was negative and positive in 13 and 3 cases respectively before transplantation. ②Hematopoietic reconstitution was achieved in all 16 cases. The median time for neutrophils implantation was 12 (8-17) days, and that of platelet implantation was 15.5 (12-24) days. ③To the last follow-up, there were no transplant related deaths, 3 patients died of disease progression. The median overall survival (OS) time and progression-free survival time (PFS) were not reached. Seven patients lived with no disease progression more than 2 years. ④The OS and PFS of patients at CR1 before auto-HSCT are better than that of patients at CR2, but there was no statistically significant difference (P=0.162, P=0.123). There was no significant difference in OS and PFS between EBV-DNA negative and positive patients before transplantation (P=0.280, P=0.244).@*Conclusions@#L-asparaginase based regimens bridging auto-HSCT is a safe and highly effective for advanced-stage and relapsed ENKTL treatment.
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Objective@#To explore the clinical features of patients with synchronous lymphoma and carcinoma.@*Methods@#The clinical data of 17 patients with Synchronous lymphoma and carcinoma from February 2012 to October 2017 were analyzed retrospectively.@*Results@#Among 17 patients of lymphoma, 1 case HL, 2 cases B-NHL, 6 cases MZBL, 3 cases DLBCL, 1 case mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) , 3 cases NK/T- cell lymphoma, 1 case anaplastic large cell lymphoma(ALCL). In terms of 17 patients with carcinoma, 3 cases esophageal carcinoma, 3 cases gastric carcinoma, 2 cases colorectal carcinoma, 7 cases thyroid carcinoma, 1 case hepatocellular carcinoma and lung cancer. Up to 15 patients received operation, and some of them combined with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and autologous transplant. Follow-up analysis showed that 3 cases was undergoing treatment, 2 cases lost follow-up, 4 cases died, 3 cases achieved CR, 3 cases remained to be at SD, and 2 cases assessed for progression or recurrence.@*Conclusion@#The relationship between lymphoma and carcinoma was under discussion, patients with synchronous lymphoma and carcinoma were not unusual. We herein should raise awareness to avoid misdiagnosis.
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To retrospectively analyze the safety and efficacy of low dose subcutaneous decitabine regimen in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and intermediate-or higer-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).Of 6 AML cases,2 achieved complete remission (CR),2 with partial remission(PR),1 with stable disease(SD),1 with progressive disease(PD).As to the 8 MDS patients,one achieved CR and 6 with hematologic improvement (HI),1 case SD.Low dose subcutaneous decitabine regimen could be an alternative choice of older AML or MDS patients.
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Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of L-asparaginase (L-ASP) combined with GDP regimen in initial treat-ment of patients with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKL). Methods:A total of 39 patients preliminarily diagnosed with nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma in Zhengzhou University Affiliated Cancer Hospital were retrospectively analyzed from January 2012 to January 2014. All patients received L-ASP combined with GDP chemotherapy. The efficacy of the treatment was observed (L-ASP 6000/m2, qod × 8;gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2, d1, 8;cisplatinum 90 mg/m2, d1;dexamethasone 10 mg, d1-4) every 21 days for one cycle. The efficacy and toxicity of the regimen were evaluated after therapy. Results:Of the 39 patients who received median six-cycle L-GDP regimen treat-ment, 24 achieved complete response, 7 had partial response, 6 had stable disease, and 2 had progressive disease. The rates of overall response (CR+PR), 2-year progression-free survival, and overall survival were 79.5%(31/39), 71.8%(28/39), and 87.2%(34/39), respec-tively. The primary side effects included gastrointestinal reaction, bone marrow suppression, and increased PT and APPT levels. All pa-tients tolerated and completed the therapy without termination of treatment and death. Conclusion:L-ASP combined with GDP regi-men is effective and safe and thus can be used for patients with ENKL.
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Objective@#To analyze the clinical features of acute myeloid leukemia patients with Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 internal tandem duplication (FLT3-ITD) mutation and the therapeutic effect of sorafenib in combination with chemotherapy as first-line therapy for these patients.@*Methods@#Clinical features and therapeutic effect were retrospectively analyzed in 53 AML patients with FLT3-ITD mutation diagnosed in Henan Cancer Hospital from January 2013 to August 2016. The biological characteristics and clinical efficacy of chemotherapy in combination with or without Sorafeinb were analyzed.@*Results@#FLT3-ITD mutation was identified in 53 AML patients, 22 cases (41.5%) were M5 subtype. The median of the peripheral WBC was 61.00 (0.98-920.00) ×109/L, and there were 50 (94.3%) patients with WBC>10×109/L. The median of blast cell in bone marrow was 0.730 (0.234-0.966) . The total remission rate of all these 53 patients was 56.6% (30/53) . The complete remission (CR) rates in patients treated with chemotherapy in combination with sorafenib and patients with chemotherapy alone were 86.4% (19/22) and 35.5% (11/31) , respectively. The 1-year overall survival rates of the two groups were 78.3%% and 50.0% (P=0.041) , and 1-year progression free survival rates were 75.9% and 42.4% (P=0.044) , respectively.@*Conclusion@#AML patients with FLT3-ITD mutation have the characteristics of high peripheral WBC, high blast cells in bone marrow and accompanying with M5 subtype. Sorafeinb combined with chemotherapy can significantly improve CR rate and short term survival.
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Objective To observe the clinical response and safety of second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor dasatinib in the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph + ALL). Methods The clinical data of 10 adult Ph + ALL patients treated with dasatinib were analyzed with review of literatures. Results All the 10 Ph+ ALL patients treated with dasatinib achieved remission in 7 weeks, including 9 cases of complete remission [7 cases achieved complete molecular remission (CRm) in 13 weeks]. The median overall survival time (OS) was 13.8 months (5-33), and the median disease-free survival (DFS) time was 10.8 months (4-25). There were 3 cases of pleural effusion, 4 cases of Ⅳ degree of bone marrow suppression and 6 cases of extremely low blood platelet, which could be that was improved via by symptomatic treatment and, with no case of the death occurred during the treatment of dasatinib, the safety was high. Conclusion Dasatinib can deepen molecular biological reaction and prolonged the survival time of patients in the treatment of adult Ph+ ALL, with high remission rate and safety, and which can be considered as first-line treatment.
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Outcome of patients with adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is poor,and even worse among patients with relapsed/refractory ALL (R/R ALL).New treatments must be taken to overcome drugresistance to conventional chemotherapy for ALL.Humanized monoclonal antibody and chimeric antigen receptor gene modified T cells have become the focus of treatment in ALL.Lots of clinical trials in multiple research centers are in progress,and the results constantly upgrade which is effectively bring better curative effect and prognosis for R/R ALL patients.This is one of the hot topics at the 56th ASH annual meeting.
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Objective To observe the effectiveness and side-effect of two cases of relapsed and refractory T-cell lymphoma (TCL) treated with thalidomide and interferon.Methods Two cases of relapsed and refractory TCL was treated with thalidomide and interferon, the efficacy and side-effect were observed, and the relevant literature was reviewed.Results The patients achieved partially remission after being treated with thalidomide and interferon.Conclusion Thalidomide in combination with interferon can be used as a second line therapy for relapsed and refractory TCL.
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Objective To improve the cognition of sever liver injury of treating Philadelphia positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) with salvage chemotherapy of dasatinib combined with high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) and L-asparaginase (L-Asp).Methods Severe drug-induced liver injury caused by dasatinib with HD-MTX and L-Asp in one patient with Ph+ ALL was reported.Results Severe drug-induced liver injury happened on the seventh day after treatment,TBIL 221.7 μmol/L,DBIL 156.1 μmol/L,IBIL 65.6 μmol/L,ALT 111 U/L,AST 131 U/L,ALP 354 U/L,GGT 256 U/L,TBA 199.2 μmol/L.Through proper treatment,the patient recovered quite good,and the patient achieved complete remission after this chemotherapy.Conclusion Salvage chemotherapy which contains dasatinib,MTX and L-Asp can be effectively used in Ph+ ALL,but they are all of the hepatotoxicity,so drug-induced Liver injury may happen while they are used together.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the clinical and survival significance of CD20 positive adult patients with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinical features and survival of 168 adult patients with B-ALL diagnosed and treated in our department from May 2007 to July 2011 were analyzed retrospectively, 58 expressed CD20 and 110 not.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The sex, distribution of age, anemia, thrombocytopenia, infiltration of liver, spleen and lymph nodes, the expression of myeloid lineage marker, incidence of Ph chromosome, complete remission within 4 weeks showed no significant differences in CD20 positive and negative groups (P>0.05); median white blood cell count at diagnosis and the rate of patients with high white blood cell count in CD20 positive group were 19.2×10⁹/L and 37.9% respectively, which were significantly higher than those of 6.93 × 10⁹/L and 20.9% in CD20 negative group (P<0.05); cumulative incidence of relapse between two groups showed significant difference (P<0.05); multivariable analysis for overall survival and progress-free survival identified CD20 positivity as independent predictor.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The expression of CD20 in adult patients with B-ALL appeared to be associated with high white blood cell count and poor prognosis.</p>
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the clinical features and survival of patients with CD56 expression in de- novo acute myeloid leukemia（AML）with t（8;21). .</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clinical data of 82 de novo AML with t（8;21）who were newly diagnosed from Jan 2008 to Apr 2014 were analyzed retrospectively, 50 expressed CD56 and 32 not. Clinical characteristics and prognoses were compared between patients expressing and nonexpressing CD56.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were no statistically significant differences in terms of age, gender, white blood cell count（WBC）, percentage of bone marrow blasts, extramedullary infiltration rate, the early mortality or the presence of additional cytogenetic abnormalities between CD56 + and CD56- groups（P＞0.05). The expressions of lymphatic antigens CD19 between CD56 + and CD56- groups showed significant difference （30.0% vs 53.1% , P=0.036). The complete remission and 3-year overall survival（OS）showed no significant differences between CD56+ and CD56-groups, while 3- year disease- free survival（DFS）showed significant differences（25.8% vs 46.9%, P=0.014). Multivariable analysis for DFS identified CD56 positivity as an independent predictor. DFS of who received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation（HSCT）was better than those treated with intermediate- dose cytarabine/high dose cytarabine（IDAC）as postremission therapy.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The expression of CD56 in de-novo AML with t（8;21) appeared to be associated with poorer prognosis.</p>