Michael R Grever, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Leslie A Andritsos, Versha Banerji, Jacqueline Barrientos, James S Blachly, Timothy G Call, Daniel Catovsky, Claire Dearden, Judit Demeter, Monica Else, Francesco Forconi, Alessandro Gozzetti, Anthony D Ho, James B Johnston, Jeffrey Jones, Gunnar Juliusson, Eric Kraut, Robert J Kreitman, Loree Larratt, Francesco Lauria, Gerard Lozanski, Emili Montserrat, Sameer A Parikh, Jae H Park, Aaron Polliack, Graeme R Quest, Kanti R Rai, Farhad Ravandi, Tadeusz Robak, Alan Saven, John F Seymour, Tamar Tadmor, Martin S Tallman, Constantine Tam, Enrico Tiacci, Xavier Troussard, Clive S Zent, Thorsten Zenz, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Brunangelo Falini
Hairy cell leukemia is an uncommon hematologic malignancy characterized by pancytopenia and marked susceptibility to infection. Tremendous progress in the management of patients with this disease has resulted in high response rates and improved survival, yet relapse and an appropriate approach to re-treatment present continuing areas for research. The disease and its effective treatment are associated with immunosuppression. Because more patients are being treated with alternative programs, comparison of results will require general agreement on definitions of response, relapse, and methods of determining minimal residual disease...
February 2, 2017: Blood