title: Salvage chemotherapy with pentostatin in prolymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: We report 4 cases of prolymphocytic leukemia (PLL) resistant to conventional chemotherapy that were treated with pentostatin. We obtained 1 complete remission (CR) and 2 partial remissions (PR). Our data confirm the effectiveness of this drug in the treatment of prolymphocytic leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Ortu-La Barbera
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Voso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zollino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laurenti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015463:Leukemia, Prolymphocytic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015649:Pentostatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012074:Remission Induction; D016879:Salvage Therapy
chemical_list: D015649:Pentostatin