title: Rituximab (anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody) administration in a young patient with resistant B-prolymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: Following the administration of the human anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody IDEC-C2B8 (rituximab), a 31-year-old woman with B-prolymphocytic leukemia, who had been resistant to CHOP, fludarabine, pentostatin and 2-CdA, achieved complete remission. Rituximab was administered intravenously once a week for 4 weeks. The patient only had mild but tolerable side effects during the first cycle of therapy. She remains in complete remission 8 months following the discontinuation of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Hematology Department, Medical School of Ioannina, Ioannina University, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vartholomatos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsiara
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Christou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panteli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaiafas
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Bourantas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015448:Leukemia, B-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000069283:Rituximab
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000069283:Rituximab