Hairy Cell Leukemia Therapy
Researchers at University of Siena have published new data on hairy cell leukemia therapy
Published in Blood Weekly, November 5th, 2009
A new study, 'Combination therapies to improve the long-term outcome in hairy cell leukemia,' is now available. "Since its first description in 1958, hairy cell leukemia (HCL) had a long period of different unsatisfactory treatments till the early 1980s, when interferon-alfa and subsequently purine analogs (PAs) pentostatin or cladribine, or pentostatin were described to determine durable responses. However, second lines of treatments are very often needed in the life span of patients with HCL and a small minority of patients are refractory and with poor prognosis," investigators in Siena, Italy report.
"These disadvantages have led to test the efficacy of additional...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-11-05)
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