Long term outcome of patients with hairy cell leukemia treated with pentostatin
โ Scribed by Patricia Ribeiro; Fadhela Bouaffia; Pierre-Yves Peaud; Michel Blanc; Bruno Salles; Gilles Salles; Bertrand Coiffier
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
BACKGROUND.
With the introduction of new drugs such as interferon-โฃ (IFN) and purine analogs, the management of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) patients has changed. However, pentostatin has been found to produce higher complete remission rates than IFN. The current study was undertaken to investigate response and long term follow-up in HCL patients treated with pentostatin.
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