• The mobilisation and apheresis procedures should be performed in collaboration with an oncology-haematology centre with acceptable experience in this field and where the monitoring of haematopoietic progenitor cells can be correctly performed. (medicines.org.uk)
  • HGBL, not otherwise specified (NOS) is a heterogeneous, aggressive, mature B-cell lymphoma that does not meet criteria for BL, DHL, or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma NOS. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Malignant blast cells (i.e. diffuse large B-cell lymphoma) are fast-growing and result in aggressive disease, whereas malignant mature lymphocytes (i.e. follicular lymphoma) behave indolently. (oncolink.org)
  • Results showed that adding quizartinib to standard chemotherapy with or without allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, followed by continuation monotherapy for up to 3 years, resulted in improved overall survival. (medscape.com)
  • Purpose: To determine the tolerability and feasibility of double-cycle, high-dose chemotherapy followed by peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation (PBSCT) after conventional chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). (the-medical-dictionary.com)
  • Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide (cisplatin-etoposide [PE]) has long been the mainstay of treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). (the-medical-dictionary.com)
  • The term chemotherapy has come to connote non-specific usage of intracellular poisons to inhibit mitosis (cell division) or induce DNA damage, which is why inhibition of DNA repair can augment chemotherapy. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Importantly, the use of drugs (whether chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or targeted therapy) constitutes systemic therapy for cancer in that they are introduced into the blood stream and are therefore in principle able to address cancer at any anatomic location in the body. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • To a large extent, chemotherapy can be thought of as a way to damage or stress cells, which may then lead to cell death if apoptosis is initiated. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Many of the side effects of chemotherapy can be traced to damage to normal cells that divide rapidly and are thus sensitive to anti-mitotic drugs: cells in the bone marrow, digestive tract and hair follicles. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • This results in the most common side-effects of chemotherapy: myelosuppression (decreased production of blood cells, hence also immunosuppression), mucositis (inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract), and alopecia (hair loss). (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Because of the effect on immune cells (especially lymphocytes), chemotherapy drugs often find use in a host of diseases that result from harmful overactivity of the immune system against self (so-called autoimmunity). (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Chemotherapy , in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer . (wikidoc.org)
  • As chemotherapy affects cell division, tumors with high growth fractions (such as acute myelogenous leukemia and the aggressive lymphomas , including Hodgkin's disease ) are more sensitive to chemotherapy, as a larger proportion of the targeted cells are undergoing cell division at any time. (wikidoc.org)
  • The aggressive B-cell lymphomas BL, DHL, and HGBL, NOS are unique diseases with specific pathogenesis and biology. (cancernetwork.com)
  • 1 A significant minority of these cases were the especially aggressive B-cell lymphomas Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL), the latter of which includes the histologic subtypes HGBL with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 translocations (conventionally referred to as double-hit lymphoma [DHL]) and HGBL, not otherwise specified (NOS). (cancernetwork.com)
  • Therefore, in the 1940s, several patients with advanced lymphomas (cancers of certain white blood cells) were given the drug by vein, rather than by breathing the irritating gas. (wikidoc.org)
  • The belief that T-cell lymphomas have a worse prognosis than B-cell lymphomas remains controversial. (oncolink.org)
  • REAL/WHO- [6] - classification includes leukemias and lymphomas, with 3 categories based on lineage and morphology (Hodgkin, B cell, and T/NK cell). (oncolink.org)
  • During a military operation in World War II, a group of people were accidentally exposed to mustard gas and were later found to have very low white blood cell counts. (wikidoc.org)
  • This results in cross-linking of T-cells and myeloma cells and induces a potent cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response against BCMA-expressing cells. (medscape.com)
  • Traditional chemotherapeutic agents are cytotoxic by means of interfering with cell division (mitosis) but cancer cells vary widely in their susceptibility to these agents. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • As these drugs cause damage to cells they are termed cytotoxic . (wikidoc.org)
  • Broadly, most chemotherapeutic drugs work by impairing mitosis ( cell division ), effectively targeting fast-dividing cells . (wikidoc.org)
  • Most of these malignancies are of B-cell origin. (oncolink.org)
  • 5-7 Morphologically, BL involves monomorphic medium-sized B cells with basophilic cytoplasm, numerous mitotic figures, rounded nuclei with finely clumped chromatin, myriad apoptosis, and tingible body macrophages, which result in a classic "starry sky" pattern. (cancernetwork.com)
  • With succeeding generations of tumor cells, differentiation is typically lost, growth becomes less regulated, and tumors become less responsive to most chemotherapeutic agents. (wikidoc.org)
  • The nature of disease (indolent vs. aggressive) is correlated to the stage of lymphocytic differentiation of the malignant cells. (oncolink.org)
  • It is a bispecific humanized monoclonal antibody against CD3, a T-cell surface antigen, and GPRC5D (human G-protein coupled receptor family C group 5 member D), a tumor-associated antigen with potential antineoplastic activity. (medscape.com)
  • Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) was initially described in 1978 as a rhabdomyosarcomatoid variant of a Wilms tumor because of its occurrence in the kidney and because of the resemblance of its cells to rhabdomyoblasts. (medscape.com)
  • The tumor stroma showed collagenization to myxoid degeneration with erythrocyte extravasation and infiltration of inflammatory cells. (bvsalud.org)
  • Because only a fraction of the cells in a tumor die with each treatment (fractional kill), repeated doses must be administered to continue to reduce the size of the tumor. (worldsbest.rehab)
  • Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells coupled with malignant behavior: invasion and metastasis . (wikidoc.org)
  • Unfortunately, scientists have yet to identify specific features of malignant and immune cells that would make them uniquely targetable (barring some recent examples, such as the Philadelphia chromosome as targeted by imatinib ). (wikidoc.org)
  • Quizartinib and its active metabolite (AC886) inhibit FLT3 kinase activity, preventing autophosphorylation of the receptor, thereby inhibiting downstream FLT3 receptor signaling and blocking FLT3-ITD-dependent cell proliferation. (medscape.com)
  • Translocations are thought to occur during normal gene rearrangements (Ig, T-cell receptor). (oncolink.org)
  • The American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) guidelines recommend a collection target of 3-5 × 10 6 CD34+ cells/kg. (medscape.com)
  • It was reasoned that an agent that damaged the rapidly growing white blood cells might have a similar effect on cancer. (wikidoc.org)
  • The ORR was 64% in patients with prior T-cell redirecting therapy. (medscape.com)
  • Complete blood cell (CBC) count: Approximately 55% of patients with MRT present with a hemoglobin level of less than 9 g/dL. (medscape.com)
  • BL is an uncommon mature B-cell NHL, accounting for approximately 1% of all cases of NHL. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Methods: The case data of 11 patients with CLL with t (14;19) (q32;q13) in the chromosome karyotype analysis results of the Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from January 1, 2018, to July 30, 2022, were retrospectively analyzed. (bvsalud.org)
  • This means that other fast dividing cells such as those responsible for hair growth and for replacement of the intestinal epithelium (lining) are also often affected. (wikidoc.org)
  • Drugs affect "younger" tumors (i.e. more differentiated) more effectively, because mechanisms regulating cell growth are usually still preserved. (wikidoc.org)
  • 4. Ifosfamide, epirubicin, etoposide (IEV) and autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplant: a feasible and effective salvage treatment for lymphoid malignancies. (nih.gov)
  • BEAM regimen) prior to autologous stem cell transplant Anderson 1986. (medicine.com)
  • We conducted a clinical gene therapy study to determine whether retroviral-mediated transfer of MDR1 in human hematopoietic cells would result in stable engraftment, and possibly expansion, of cells containing this gene after treatment with myelosuppressive doses of paclitaxel. (nebraska.edu)
  • One patient remained positive for the MDR1 transgene throughout all six cycles of paclitaxel therapy, whereas the other 2 patients showed a decrease in the number of cells containing the transgene to undetectable levels. (nebraska.edu)
  • Despite the low level of engraftment of MDR1-marked cells, a correlation was observed between the relative number of granulocytes containing the MDR1 transgene and the granulocyte nadir after paclitaxel therapy. (nebraska.edu)
  • Bone marrow and serial peripheral blood samples were obtained and tested for the presence of the MDR1 transgene using a PCR assay. (nebraska.edu)
  • The tumor cells resemble immunoblasts or centroblasts, and, in many cases, sclerosis and fibrosis can be identified. (medscape.com)
  • acts on both resting and rapidly dividing tumor cells. (medicine.com)
  • Additionally, the malignant cells also lack CD15 expression but have frequent positivity of the transcriptional regulators BCL6, PAX5, and BOB1. (medscape.com)
  • After enrichment for CD34+ cells, one-third of each collection was incubated ex vivo for 72 h with a replication-incompetent retrovirus containing the MDR1 gene (G1MD) in the presence of stem-cell factor, interleukin 3, and interleukin 6. (nebraska.edu)