How I treat adults with relapsed or refractory Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Blood

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 589-596

  Frey, Noelle V ^a   Luger, Selina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; BLINATUMOMAB; CLOFARABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IDARUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; NELARABINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE; VINDESINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARABINONUCLEOSIDE; BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME NEGATIVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SALVAGE THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANTIBODIES, BISPECIFIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ARABINONUCLEOSIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SALVAGE THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940192621     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-09-551937     Document Type: Article

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