Interferon-alpha is a very effective salvage therapy for patients with hairy cell leukemia relapsing after cladribine: A report of three cases

Medical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1537-1541

  Hoffman, Mark A ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladribine; Interferon alpha; Leukemia hairy cell; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CLADRIBINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; PENTOSTATIN; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SALVAGE THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLADRIBINE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 84655175120     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9550-z     Document Type: Article

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