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Leukemia Gene Therapy
New findings from Federal University, Department of Pathology describe advances in leukemia gene therapy
May 5th, 2009
Scientists discuss in 'Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) presenting in the skin: clinical, histological and immunohistochemical features of 52 cases' new findings in leukemia. According to recent research published in the journal Acta Oncologica, "Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a severe disease caused by HTLV-I. This paper describes the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical findings of 52 cases of ATL with skin involvement and investigates whether there is any relationship between median survival time (MST) and histological patterns, primary cutaneous involvement and CD8 positivity." "All cases were HTLV-I+ and HIV-and were clinically...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-05)
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