Long-term remission induced by corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, and methotrexate in a patient with natural killer cell leukemia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 224-225

  Manabe, Atsushi ^a,d   Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Shibata, Rie ^a   Takeuchi, Motohiro ^b   Morita, Masao ^c   Hosoya, Ryota ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c Funabashi Futawa Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow stroma; Corticosteroids; Cyclophosphamide; Drug sensitivity assay; NK cell leukemia

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKEMIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0034009958     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200003)34:3<224::AID-MPO14>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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