Search results for "Pentostatin"

Deoxycoformycin (pentostatin) in the treatment of splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) with or without villous lymphocytes.

2005

: Background: Splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) is an infrequent B-cell neoplasm that pursues an indolent course. Signs and symptoms, mostly related to hypersplenism, are successfully managed by splenectomy. However, the therapy of patients who are not fit for a surgical procedure or who relapse after splenectomy, is still an unsettled issue. Patients and methods: We report a phase-II study on 16 patients with SMZL, three therapy naive and 13 pretreated, all showing systemic symptoms or progressive worsening of peripheral cytopenia, who were treated with pentostatin at a dose of 4 mg/m2 every other week for 6–10 wk. In relapsed patients, the median interval between diagnosis and treatme…

Hepatosplenic γδ T-cell lymphoma: complete response induced by treatment with pentostatin

2002