TY - JOUR
T1 - Extramedullary relapse in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia
T2 - Successful treatment with arsenic trioxide, all-trans retinoic acid and gemtuzumab ozogamicin therapies
AU - Tsimberidou, Apostolia Maria
AU - Estey, Elihu
AU - Whitman, Gary J.
AU - Dryden, Mark J.
AU - Ratnam, Suresh
AU - Pierce, Sherry
AU - Faderl, Stefan
AU - Giles, Francis
AU - Kantarjian, Hagop M.
AU - Garcia-Manero, Guillermo
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by the presence of the t(15;17) translocation, resulting in the PML-RAR fusion protein. Standard treatment consists of the combination of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) with an anthracycline that results in complete remission (CR) rates in excess of 90%. Recently, several new agents have been shown to have clinical activity in APL. These include a liposomal formulation of ATRA (lipo-ATRA), and gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO). Herein, we report a patient with APL who relapsed with extramedullary disease 2.5 years after lipo-ATRA therapy and was successfully treated with the sequence of A2O3, ATRA, and GO and we summarize our experience with patients with isolated extramedullary relapse in APL.
AB - Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by the presence of the t(15;17) translocation, resulting in the PML-RAR fusion protein. Standard treatment consists of the combination of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) with an anthracycline that results in complete remission (CR) rates in excess of 90%. Recently, several new agents have been shown to have clinical activity in APL. These include a liposomal formulation of ATRA (lipo-ATRA), and gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO). Herein, we report a patient with APL who relapsed with extramedullary disease 2.5 years after lipo-ATRA therapy and was successfully treated with the sequence of A2O3, ATRA, and GO and we summarize our experience with patients with isolated extramedullary relapse in APL.
KW - APL
KW - ATRA
KW - Extramedullary relapse
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U2 - 10.1016/j.leukres.2004.01.004
DO - 10.1016/j.leukres.2004.01.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 15234578
AN - SCOPUS:3242711151
SN - 0145-2126
VL - 28
SP - 991
EP - 994
JO - Leukemia Research
JF - Leukemia Research
IS - 9
ER -