吉西他滨与吉非替尼联合顺铂治疗西北区非小细胞肺癌患者的疗效分析

目的：比较吉西他滨与吉非替尼联合顺铂治疗非小细胞肺癌的临床有效性及安全性。方法：80例非小细胞肺癌患者根据入院顺序平分为治疗组与对照组各40例,治疗组采用吉西他滨联合顺铂治疗,对照组采用吉非替尼联合顺铂治疗。对比观察两组治疗效果及存活时间。结果：经过治疗后,治疗组无完全缓解患（CR）病例,部分缓解（PR）16例,有效率（RR）40．0％;对照组无完全缓解（CR）病例,部分缓解（PR）8例,有效率（RR）20．0％。治疗组的治疗有效率明显高于对照组,两组差异有显着性意义（P〈0．05）。治疗组1年生存率为50．0％（20／40）,对照组1年生存率为45．0％（18／40）,两组1年生存率比较无统计学差异（P〉005）。治疗组在治疗中有20例患者出现不同程度的不良反应,治疗组出现23例不同程度的不良反应。两组不良反应主要为皮疹、腹泻、转氨酶升高、皮肤水泡等。两组总的不良反应发生率与各个单项不良反应发生率相比无显着性差异,具有可比性（P〉0．05）。结论：吉西他滨联合顺铂治疗非小细胞肺癌的临床有能取得更好的近期治疗效果,同时无明显不良反应,但不会提高1年生存率,值得推广应用。     

吉西他滨与吉非替尼联合顺铂治疗西北区非小细胞肺癌患者的疗效分析

目的:比较吉西他滨与吉非替尼联合顺铂治疗非小细胞肺癌的临床有效性及安全性。方法:80例非小细胞肺癌患者根据入院顺序平分为治疗组与对照组各40例,治疗组采用吉西他滨联合顺铂治疗,对照组采用吉非替尼联合顺铂治疗,对比观察两组治疗效果及存活时间。结果:经过治疗后,治疗组无完全缓解患(CR)病例,部分缓解(PR)16例,有效率(RR)40.0%;对照组无完全缓解(CR)病例,部分缓解(PR)8例,有效率(RR)20.0%。治疗组的治疗有效率明显高于对照组,两组差异有显着性意义(P<0.05)。治疗组1年生存率为50.0%(20/40),对照组1年生存率为45.0%(18/40),两组1年生存率比较无统计学差异(P>005)。治疗组在治疗中有20例患者出现不同程度的不良反应,治疗组出现23例不同程度的不良反应。两组不良反应主要为皮疹、腹泻、转氨酶升高、皮肤水泡等。两组总的不良反应发生率与各个单项不良反应发生率相比无显着性差异,具有可比性(P>0.05)。结论:吉西他滨联合顺铂治疗非小细胞肺癌的临床有能取得更好的近期治疗效果,同时无明显不良反应,但不会提高1年生存率,值得推广应用。     

吉非替尼治疗EGFR突变型晚期肺腺癌的近期疗效、毒副反应及疗效的影响因素分析

摘要 目的：探讨吉非替尼治疗表皮生长因子受体（EGFR）突变型晚期肺腺癌的近期疗效、毒副反应及疗效的影响因素。方法：选取2018年4月~2019年6月期间我院收治的EGFR突变型晚期肺腺癌患者97例。所有患者均给予吉非替尼治疗,观察其近期疗效及毒副反应情况。采用单因素和多因素 Logistic回归分析疗效的影响因素。结果：97例患者全部如期完成治疗,近期疗效评价：完全缓解（CR）、部分缓解（PR）、病情稳定（SD）、病情进展（PD）率分别为9.28%（9/97）、24.74%（24/97）、31.96%（31/97）、34.02%（33/97）。根据近期疗效结果将患者分为有效组（CR+PR,n=33）和无效组（SD+PD,n=64）。本研究中患者的毒副反应多为 I、Ⅱ度非血液学毒性,最常见的是皮肤毒性,如皮疹等;其他毒副反应如胃部不适、腹泻等,经对症治疗后均能缓解。单因素分析结果显示,吉非替尼治疗EGFR突变型晚期肺腺癌的疗效与性别、肿瘤临床分期、骨转移、肿瘤直径有关（P<0.05）,而与年龄、肾上腺转移、脑转移、吸烟史无关（P>0.05）。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示,性别为男性、肿瘤分期Ⅳ期是影响吉非替尼治疗EGFR突变型晚期肺腺癌疗效的危险因素（OR=1.473、2.042,P<0.05）。结论：吉非替尼治疗EGFR突变型晚期肺腺癌具有不错的近期疗效,不良反应较少,性别为男性、肿瘤分期Ⅳ期是影响吉非替尼治疗EGFR突变型晚期肺腺癌疗效的危险因素。     

沙利度胺联合吉非替尼靶向治疗非小细胞肺癌的临床效果观察

目的:探讨沙利度胺联合吉非替尼靶向治疗非小细胞肺癌的临床效果。方法:选取2014年1月-2016年12月我院收治的非小细胞肺癌患者79例,按照治疗方法的不同分为对照组40例、观察组39例。对照组进行常规非小细胞肺癌治疗,观察组在手术前给予沙利度胺联合吉非替尼靶向治疗后行常规治疗。比较两组临床疗效,6个月、1年生存率,并记录观察组患者不良反应的发生情况。结果:观察组化疗的化疗缓解率(71.79%)显著高于对照组(52.50%)(P0.05)。观察组患者在治疗期间出现了不同程度的白细胞减少、、恶心呕吐、关节痛、脱发、肝功能损伤等不良反应,患者对以上症状均可耐受,给予对症治疗后均自行缓解。观察组患者6个月、1年生存率均显著高于对照组(P0.05)。结论:沙利度胺联合吉非替尼靶向治疗NSCLC患者的疗效较好,能显著提高患者生存率。     

索拉非尼与舒尼替尼单药治疗晚期肝细胞癌的效果分析

目的:对比索拉非尼(Sorafenib)和舒尼替尼(Sunitinib)单药治疗晚期肝细胞癌的疗效及安全性。方法:对我院2004年1月-2010年10月收治的44例晚期肝细胞肝癌患者的临床资料进行回顾分析。根据不同给药方式,将患者分为两组。其中,索拉非尼组32例患者采取口服索拉非尼进行治疗,而舒尼替尼组12例患者给予口服舒尼替尼治疗。观察并比较两组患者的治疗效果及药物不良反应情况。结果:索拉非尼组总生存时间为6.3月,1年生存率为16%,肿瘤进展时间为3个月,疾病控制率为71%;舒尼替尼组总生存时间为4.7月,1年生存率为8%,肿瘤进展时间为3个月,疾病控制率为64%。两组临床效果差异无统计学意义(P=0.2415,0.5706,0.7132)。索拉非尼组患者手足皮肤反应、中性粒细胞减少及肝损伤等主要毒副反应的发生率均低于舒尼替尼组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:索拉非尼治疗晚期肝细胞肝癌的临床效果与舒尼替尼具有很好的一致性,药物不良反应相对较轻,患者依从性较好,值得临床推广应用。     

厄洛替尼治疗老年非小细胞肺癌者的疗效和安全性

本研究通过厄洛替尼对老年非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者的治疗,观察其临床治疗效果和治疗安全性。回顾性分析2013年1月到2015年1月入住我院的46例老年非小细胞肺癌为研究对象,随机分为观察组和对照组,对照组吉非替尼治疗,观察组厄洛替尼进行治疗,总结厄洛替尼治疗老年非小细胞肺癌临床治疗效果与安全性。治疗后,症状缓解率达到75%,咳嗽、气短症状缓解最为明显,中位时间15 d。19例患者口服厄洛替尼后CEA数值下降,其中4例患者自行缓解,7例患者CEA持续增长。临床症状部分缓解、病情稳定和疾病进展的患者分别有6例、9例和8例,治疗客观有效率和疾病控制率分别为26.09%和65.21%,患者中为无进展生存期和总生存期分别为27周和47周;治疗期间出现的皮疹、腹泻、口干、口腔溃疡、食欲下降等不良反应的患者分别有11例(47.83%)、6例(26.09%)、2例(8.70%)、2例(8.70%)和2例(8.70%),研究过程中未出现一例患者因不良反应而死亡或者退出本次研究。皮疹患者给予皮肤消毒、松软膏等后逐渐好转,不影响继续治疗。腹泻症状出现在服药后1周后,口服止泻药物后得到好转,多为Ⅰ度和Ⅱ度,不影响患者继续治疗。研究结果表明厄洛替尼治疗可以有效的控制老年非小细胞型肺癌患者的病情,治疗过程中毒副反应较轻微,可以作为老年非小细胞肺癌治疗药物之一。需要注意的是不同人群及个体对药物特异性不同,因此在采用厄洛替尼治疗中,需要个性化给药,减少不良反应的出现。     

舒尼替尼对晚期肾癌具有一定疗效

为探讨舒尼替尼对晚期肾癌的治疗效果,本研究选取晚期肾癌患者61例,均给予舒尼替尼标准治疗,观察患者治疗疗效及不良反应情况。研究结果发现,截止随访结束日,可评价疗效50例,其中部位缓解(partial remission, PR)者13例(26.00%),疾病稳定(stable of disease, SD)者20例(40.00%),疾病进展(progression of disease, PD)者17例(34.00%),无完全缓解(complete remission, CR)患者;患者中位无进展生存时间为15个月;患者不良反应主要包括腹泻、中性粒细胞降低、手足反应和皮肤黄染,比例分别为68.85%、59.02%、54.10%和52.46%;不良反应级别以Ⅰ～Ⅱ级为主,Ⅲ～Ⅳ级较少见。本研究初步结论表明,舒尼替尼对晚期肾癌有一定的疗效。本研究认为治疗期间应给予患者科学性护理措施及建议,以提高患者不良反应的耐受性。     

解毒颗粒联合阿帕替尼治疗中晚期肝癌的回顾性研究

目的:评估解毒颗粒联合阿帕替尼治疗中晚期肝癌患者的疗效及其不良反应。方法:对2018年12月至2019年6月收治于海军军医大学第一附属医院口服解毒颗粒联合阿帕替尼的27例肝癌患者的临床资料进行回顾性研究。无法切除或复发的中晚期肝癌患者被纳入研究,给予解毒颗粒联合阿帕替尼治疗直至疾病进展或不可耐受其毒副反应,随访观察治疗效果、生存期、炎症因子指标及不良反应。结果:治疗后完全缓解(CR)4例(14.81%),部分缓解(PR)4例(14.81%),稳定(SD)8例(29.63%),进展(PD)11名患者(40.74%),疾病控制率(DCR)为59.26%(16/27),客观缓解率(ORR)为29.63%(8/27)。中位无进展生存期(PFS)为3.630个月,中位总生存期(OS)为13.667个月。常见的不良反应是高血压59.26%(16/27)、蛋白尿59.26%(16/27)、腹泻74.07%(20/27)以及手足综合征62.96%(17/27)。治疗后炎症因子指标中C反应蛋白、白介素2水平下降,存在统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:解毒颗粒联合阿帕替尼治疗中晚期肝癌安全、有效,可降低患者炎症反应,不良反应可耐受。     

阿帕替尼对二线化疗失败晚期胃癌患者肿瘤标志物与胃黏膜四项水平及预后的影响

摘要 目的：探讨阿帕替尼对二线化疗失败晚期胃癌患者肿瘤标志物与胃黏膜四项水平及预后的影响。方法：选取2016年12月～2020年3月医院收治的80例二线化疗失败晚期胃癌患者,随机分为研究组和对照组各40例。对照组给予常规支持对症治疗,研究组在对照组基础上给予阿帕替尼治疗。比较两组临床疗效、肿瘤标志物[癌胚抗原（CEA）、癌抗原125（CA125）、糖蛋白抗原199（CA199）]、胃黏膜四项[胃蛋白酶原Ⅰ（PG Ⅰ）,胃蛋白酶原Ⅱ（PG Ⅱ）,胃泌素17（G-17）、幽门螺旋抗体（Hp-Ab）]、不良反应及预后情况。结果：研究组总缓解率、疾病控制率均高于对照组,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。与治疗前比较,治疗后研究组血清CEA、CA125、CA199水平均降低,且研究组低于对照组（P＜0.05）。与治疗前比较,治疗后研究组PG Ⅰ水平较治疗前升高,且研究组高于对照组（P＜0.05）;治疗后,研究组PG Ⅱ、G-17水平、Hp-Ab阳性率均较治疗后降低,且研究组低于对照组（P＜0.05）。两组总不良反应发生率无差异（P＞0.05）。研究组无进展生存时间（PFS）、生存时间（OS）均长于对照组、生存率高于对照组,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。结论：阿帕替尼对二线化疗失败晚期胃癌患者的疾病控制率较好,可有效降低血清肿瘤标志物水平,改善胃粘膜功能,延长患者生存期。     

伊立替康联合阿帕替尼治疗术后转移性胃癌患者临床疗效和安全性分析

摘要 目的：探讨伊立替康联合阿帕替尼治疗术后转移性胃癌患者临床疗效和安全性。方法：选取我院2017年5月-2018年10月期间收治的术后一线化疗失败转移性胃癌患者105例,根据随机数字表法分为研究组（53例）和对照组（52例）,对照组患者给予伊立替康静脉滴注治疗,研究组在此基础上使用阿帕替尼进行联合治疗,4周为一个周期,连续治疗两个周期。比较两组患者疾病控制率、生存情况,并对治疗前后两组患者肿瘤标志物[癌胚抗原（CEA）、糖类抗原125（CA125）和糖类抗原199（CA199）]水平、基质金属蛋白酶-9（MMP-9）和血管内皮生长因子（VEGF）水平进行比较,观察治疗过程中两组患者不良反应发生情况。结果：治疗后,研究组疾病控制率、中位生存时间和中位进展时间均优于对照组（P<0.05）。治疗后,两组肿瘤标志物、MMP-9和VEGF水平均降低,且研究组低于对照组（P<0.05）。研究组不良反应发生率低于对照组（P<0.05）。结论：伊立替康联合阿帕替尼治疗术后转移性胃癌患者临床疗效确切,可延长患者生存时间,延缓疾病进展,且安全性较好,其作用机制可能与降低肿瘤标志物及MMP-9、VEGF水平有关。     

Strategic Treatment Interruptions During Imatinib Treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Although imatinib is an effective treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and nearly all patients treated with imatinib attain some form of remission, imatinib does not completely eliminate leukemia. Moreover, if the imatinib treatment is stopped, most patients eventually relapse (Cortes et al. in Clin. Cancer Res. 11:3425–3432, 2005). In Kim et al. (PLoS Comput. Biol. 4(6):e1000095, 2008), the authors presented a mathematical model for the dynamics of CML under imatinib treatment that incorporates the anti-leukemia immune response. We use the mathematical model in Kim et al. (PLoS Comput. Biol. 4(6):e1000095, 2008) to study and numerically simulate strategic treatment interruptions as a potential therapeutic strategy for CML patients. We present the results of numerous simulated treatment programs in which imatinib treatment is temporarily stopped to stimulate and leverage the anti-leukemia immune response to combat CML. The simulations presented in this paper imply that treatment programs that involve strategic treatment interruptions may prevent leukemia from relapsing and may prevent remission for significantly longer than continuous imatinib treatment. Moreover, in many cases, strategic treatment interruptions may completely eliminate leukemic cells from the body. Thus, strategic treatment interruptions may be a feasible clinical approach to enhancing the effects of imatinib treatment for CML. We study the effects of both the timing and the duration of the treatment interruption on the results of the treatment. We also present a sensitivity analysis of the results to the parameters in the mathematical model.     

西妥昔单抗联合FOLFIRI 方案治疗晚期胃癌的疗效观察

目的:观察西妥昔单抗联合FOLFIRI方案用于一线治疗失败的局部晚期或转移性胃癌患者,观察其疗效和不良反应,并观察其与疗效和预后的相关性。方法:每2疗程评价肿瘤病灶情况,观察不良反应,随访肿瘤进展情况及生存期。按照实体瘤疗效评价标准(Response Evaluatione Criteria in solid Tumors,RECIST)进行肿瘤缓解评估,按照国立癌症研究所常见不良事件评价标准3.0版(NCI一CTCAE3.0)进行不良事件分级。计算肿瘤缓解率、中位至疾病进展时间和中位总生存期。结果:在38例至少完成了2个周期治疗并进行了疗效评价的患者中,观察到1例完全缓解(CR),占0.03%;13例部分缓解(PR),占34.00%;总的缓解率(ORR=CR+PR)为37.00%。疾病稳定(SD)的患者有20例,占53.00%;疾病控制率(Disease Control Rate,DCR=CR+PR+SD)为89.00%;疾病进展(PD)的患者为4例,占11.00%。本研究方案总体安全性良好,未发生一例治疗相关性死亡。其中III/IV度粒细胞减少的发生率为52.5%,粒缺性发热的发生率为13.1%,III/IV度度贫血的发生率为29.5%,III/IV度度血小板下降的发生率为8.2%。III/IV度非血液学毒性包括恶心(8.2%),呕吐(6.6%),口腔炎(1.6%),腹泻(6.6%),感染(4.9%),乏力(4.9%),肠梗阻(6.6%),转氨酶升高(l.6%),过敏反应(l.6%)和皮疹(9.8%)。结论:本研究显示在晚期胃癌患者的二线治疗中西妥昔单抗联合FOLFIRI是一个安全有效的方案,需要进一步的研究寻找有效的生物标记物。     

Recombinant human interferon-alpha induced cytoreduction in chronic myelogenous leukemia. Results of a multicenter study

Fourteen patients with Ph'-chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in first chronic phase were treated with recombinant interferon-alpha 2c. Interferon-alpha 2c 5 to 10 X 10(6) units s.c. was given for 12 weeks as an induction therapy. Maintenance treatment consisted of interferon-alpha 2c 5 X 10(6) units twice weekly s.c.. Two patients (14%) attained a complete clinical remission and 6 (43%) a partial remission, 3 of whom developed progressive disease during maintenance therapy. A complete disappearance of Ph'-chromosome was achieved in 1 patient. All patients had a more than 45% initial decline of the leukocyte count. Four out of ten patients with an initially enlarged spleen demonstrated reduction in spleen size. Influenza-like symptoms, anorexia, nausea, weight loss and fatigue were common side effects. Interferon-alpha is active in CML but additional clinical investigations are warranted to assess more precisely the therapeutic value of the interferons in this disease.     

Treatment of Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia by gamma interferon

The clinical, hematologic and cytogenetic effects of human recombinant gamma interferon (IFN) were investigated in 14 patients with Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Gamma-IFN was given at a daily dosage of 0.50 mg (= 10 x 10(6) U)/m2 from the 3rd week of treatment on, but the dosage had to be reduced to 0.25 mg/m2 in 10 cases and to 0.35 mg/m2 in 2 cases, because of the severity and persistence of side effects (mainly fever, fatigue, headache and pain). Only 2 patients tolerated the full dosage. The overall response rate was 64% (1 complete and 8 partial hematologic responses). Only patients in stable chronic phase responded. Two out of two patients in unstable chronic phase and two out of two patients in accelerated phase failed to respond. Eight out of nine responding patients remained in remission throughout the duration of treatment (30 to 35 weeks). No karyotypic conversion was detected. These data show that gamma IFN alone is effective in Ph+ CML, but that side effects can limit substantially the dosage and duration of treatment.     

Growth arrest of BCR-ABL positive cells with a sequence-specific polyamide-chlorambucil conjugate

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is characterized by the presence of a constitutively active Abl kinase, which is the product of a chimeric BCR-ABL gene, caused by the genetic translocation known as the Philadelphia chromosome. Imatinib, a selective inhibitor of the Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase, has significantly improved the clinical outcome of patients with CML. However, subsets of patients lose their response to treatment through the emergence of imatinib-resistant cells, and imatinib treatment is less durable for patients with late stage CML. Although alternative Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been developed to overcome drug resistance, a cocktail therapy of different kinase inhibitors and additional chemotherapeutics may be needed for complete remission of CML in some cases. Chlorambucil has been used for treatment of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's disease. Here we report that a DNA sequence-specific pyrrole-imidazole polyamide-chlorambucil conjugate, 1R-Chl, causes growth arrest of cells harboring both unmutated BCR-ABL and three imatinib resistant strains. 1R-Chl also displays selective toxicities against activated lymphocytes and a high dose tolerance in a murine model.     

Dynamics and potential impact of the immune response to chronic myelogenous leukemia

Recent mathematical models have been developed to study the dynamics of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) under imatinib treatment. None of these models incorporates the anti-leukemia immune response. Recent experimental data show that imatinib treatment may promote the development of anti-leukemia immune responses as patients enter remission. Using these experimental data we develop a mathematical model to gain insights into the dynamics and potential impact of the resulting anti-leukemia immune response on CML. We model the immune response using a system of delay differential equations, where the delay term accounts for the duration of cell division. The mathematical model suggests that anti-leukemia T cell responses may play a critical role in maintaining CML patients in remission under imatinib therapy. Furthermore, it proposes a novel concept of an “optimal load zone” for leukemic cells in which the anti-leukemia immune response is most effective. Imatinib therapy may drive leukemic cell populations to enter and fall below this optimal load zone too rapidly to sustain the anti-leukemia T cell response. As a potential therapeutic strategy, the model shows that vaccination approaches in combination with imatinib therapy may optimally sustain the anti-leukemia T cell response to potentially eradicate residual leukemic cells for a durable cure of CML. The approach presented in this paper accounts for the role of the anti-leukemia specific immune response in the dynamics of CML. By combining experimental data and mathematical models, we demonstrate that persistence of anti-leukemia T cells even at low levels seems to prevent the leukemia from relapsing (for at least 50 months). As a consequence, we hypothesize that anti-leukemia T cell responses may help maintain remission under imatinib therapy. The mathematical model together with the new experimental data imply that there may be a feasible, low-risk, clinical approach to enhancing the effects of imatinib treatment.     

Acute leukemia in adults: assessment of remission induction with combination chemotherapy by clinical and cell-culture criteria.

Remission induction was assessed by clinical and cell-culture criteria for 65 patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), 11 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in blast crisis and 19 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinoside and vincristine (CAV) therapy resulted in complete remission in 23 of 50 previously untreated patients with AML and in 3 of the 11 patients with CML. Fourteen patients with ALL responded to vincristine-prednisone induction therapy and two to induction therapy with CAV. The median duration of survival of the responding patients was 2.2 years, compared with 4 months for the patients who did not respond to treatment. Granulopoietic colony formation, assessed by assay of colony-forming units dependent on colony-stimulating activity in culture (CFU-C), was abnormal in 37 of 42 bone marrow aspirates from patients with AML before treatement. CFU-C concentration increased when leukocyte-conditioned medium (LCM) was added to the cultures; 13 cultures had normal or elevated CFU-C concentration with LCM. Marrow cells of patients with ALL or CML in blast crisis demonstrated a similar pattern. Serial studies of marrow CFU-C concentration of 31 patients with AML demonstrated a change to a normal pattern with successful remission induction. Results of this study suggest that administration of purified LCM to leukemic patients might increase granulocyte production from potential but unstimulated granulopoietic precursors. This therapy would lessen the probability of death from infection during remission induction.     

Natural killer and lymphokine-activated killer cell functions in chronic myeloid leukemia

Summary The natural killer (NK) and lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell activities of peripheral blood lymphocytes from chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients in remission and from healthy donors have been studied. Regression analysis to compare both cytotoxic responses in individual donors and the frequency of LAK cell precursors was also carried out. About 42% of CML patients in remission showed low NK activity (less than the mean percentage NK activity of healthy donors — 2 SD) and were categorised as low NK responders. The stage of remission or the drugs used to bring about remission did not influence the NK status. The LAK activity of low NK as well as normal NK responder CML patients was significantly low against the NK-sensitive K562 cell line and the NK-resistant VIP (melanoma) and T-24 (bladder carcinoma) tumor targets, as assessed by linear regression analysis. Allogeneic leukemic cells were more resistant to killing, especially by patients' LAK cells. The frequency analysis of LAK cell precursors revealed a significant reduction in the LAK cell progenitor frequency in CML patients in remission.     

Cytogenetic studies in bone marrow transplant recipients

Chromosome studies were performed in 24 patients who underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for severe aplastic anaemia (8), chronic myeloid leukemia (5 in chronic, 2 in accelerated phase and 1 in lymphoid blast crisis), acute myeloid leukemia (6), acute lymphoblastic leukemia in relapse (1) and Hodgkin's disease (1). Donor-cell type engraftment was demonstrated in 21 patients: in all 17 sex-mismatched transplants and - as demonstrated by reconstitution with Ph-negative cell populations - in 4 CML patients with a sex-matched donor. Recipient-type mitoses were seen in the bone marrow of 5 cases (1 SAA, 3 CML, 1 AML) after transplantation. They were only observed on one occasion in patients with SAA (4 of 25 on day 33) and AML (44 of 50 on day 14). Despite the continued demonstration of some Ph-positive mitoses in 3 patients with CML up to day 28, 323 and 451 after BMT, respectively, all surviving CML patients are still in complete haematological and clinical remission. So far the significance of these cytogenetically abnormal persisting host cells remains unknown.     

Immunoreactive calcitonin: a tumor marker for myelogenous leukemias

In a series of 59 patients with chronic or acute myelogenous leukemia (CML, AML) we investigated whether circulating immunoreactive human calcitonin (i-hCT) levels correlate with diagnosis, response to therapy and clinical course. I-hCT was detectable in plasma samples of 88% of patients with CML in the chronic phase and in 100% of patients with CML in blastic transformation. In the AML patients, a significant relation was observed between the cytological subtype and i-hCT levels at diagnosis. In sequentially studied patients the i-hCT plasma concentration was related to the overall mass of leukemic cells, being lower when complete remission was achieved than at diagnosis and increasing at time of recurrence. These data suggest that circulating i-hCT levels can serve as a "tumor marker" in human myelogenous leukemias.