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High dose methylprednisolone can induce remissions in CLL patients with p53 abnormalities.
Annals of hematology - 1 Dec 2003
Thornton Patrick D, Matutes Estella, Bosanquet Andrew G, Lakhani Anil K, Grech Henri, Ropner Janet E, Joshi Rajeev, Mackie Peter H, Douglas Ian D C, Bowcock Stella J, Catovsky Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Abnormalities of the p53 gene are known to confer detrimental effects in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and are associated with short survival. We have used high dose methylprednisolone (HDMP) to treat 25 patients with advanced refractory CLL of whom 45% had p53 abnormalities shown by one or more methods: flow cytometry, fluorescent in situ hybridisation and direct DNA sequencing. Fifteen were resistant to...
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