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SUBMITTER: Visentin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5746417 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Visentin Andrea A Visentin Andrea A Imbergamo Silvia S Frezzato Federica F Pizzi Marco M Bertorelle Roberta R Scomazzon Edoardo E Berno Tamara T Riva Marcello M Piva Elisa E Facco Monica M Piazza Francesco F Semenzato Gianpietro G Trentin Livio L
Oncotarget 20170928 66
Hairy cell leukemia variant (HCLv) is a chronic lymphoproliferative disorder classified as a provisional entity in the 2016 WHO Classification of Lymphoid Tumors. HCLv is characterized by unfavorable prognosis, low complete remission rates and limited disease control following classical hairy cell leukemia-based regimens. In this study, we report 3 cases of elderly patients with treatment-naive, <i>TP53</i> un-mutated HCLv, who were effectively treated with four cycles of bendamustine plus ritux ...[more]