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SUBMITTER: Liang R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5763273 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liang Rong R Gao Guang-Xun GX Chen Jie-Ping JP Wang Ji-Shi JS Wang Xiao-Min XM Zeng Yun Y Bai Qing-Xian QX Zhang Tao T Yang Lan L Dong Bao-Xia BX Gu Hong-Tao HT Shu Mi-Mi MM Hao Cai-Xia CX Wang Jian-Hong JH Zhang Na N Chen Xie-Qun XQ
Hematological oncology 20161010 4
The nasal type of extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma is a rare aggressive lymphoma with poor prognosis. To discover a successful treatment, we investigated the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy with methotrexate, etoposide, dexamethasone, and polyethylene glycol-asparaginase (MESA). Three cycles of MESA were administered to 46 patients with new or relapsed/refractory natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. Complete response after 3 treatment cycles was 43.5%, the overall response rate was 87%, ...[more]