title: T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia is a rare post-thymic lymphoid disorder, which has distinctive clinical, morphologic, immunophenotypic and cytogenetic features. It has previously been associated with an aggressive course, poor response to conventional chemotherapy and a short median survival. Treatment with purine analogs and the monoclonal antibody alemtuzumab has resulted in significantly higher response rates and increased survival. However, responses are transient and allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor-cell transplantation remains the only potential curative option. The proportion of patients eligible for transplant is low, owing to the older age group of patients, and nonmyeloablative transplantation is a promising alternative that needs to be explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hemato-Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK. amit.khot@rmh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khot
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dearden
mesh_terms: D000074323:Alemtuzumab; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000235:genetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D015461:Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000074323:Alemtuzumab