Advanced search
Publication Cover
Leukemia & Lymphoma Volume 57, 2016 - Issue 12
Submit an article Journal homepage
251
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Letter to the Editor

Response of relapsed central nervous system hairy cell leukemia to vemurafenib

Michael M. McDowellDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;
,
Xiao ZhuDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;
,
Nitin AgarwalDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;
,
Marina N. NikiforovaDivision of Molecular and Genomic Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;
,
Frank S. LiebermanDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
&
Jan DrappatzDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 2952-2954 | Received 06 Mar 2016, Accepted 08 Apr 2016, Published online: 27 Apr 2016

References

  • Dores GM, Matsuno RK, Weisenburger DD, et al. Hairy cell leukaemia: a heterogeneous disease? Br J Haematol. 2008;142:45–51.
  • Chandana SR, Kotecha R, Al-Janadi A, et al. Rare case of hairy cell leukemia with brain parenchymal involvement: a diagnostic dilemma. J Clin Oncol. 2013;31:e186–e188.
  • Knecht H, Budmiger H, Groscurth P, et al. Central nervous system involvement in hairy cell leukemia. Klin Wochenschr. 1985;63:423–427.
  • Le Bezu M, Pinaudeau Y, Poirier J, et al. Involvement of the nervous system in hairy-cell leukemia. Arch Neurol. 1986;43:432.
  • Kimmel DW, Hermann RC Jr, O’Neill BP. Neurologic complications of hairy cell leukemia. Arch Neurol. 1984;41:202–203.
  • Wolfe DW, Scopelliti JA, Boselli BD. Leukemic meningitis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia. A case report. Cancer. 1984;54:1085–1087.
  • Tiacci E, Trifonov V, Schiavoni G, et al. BRAF mutations in hairy-cell leukemia. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:2305–2315.
  • Ascierto PA, Kirkwood JM, Grob JJ, et al. The role of BRAF V600 mutation in melanoma. J Transl Med. 2012;10:85
  • Elisei R, Ugolini C, Viola D, et al. BRAF(V600E) mutation and outcome of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a 15-year median follow-up study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93:3943–3949.
  • Li WQ, Kawakami K, Ruszkiewicz A, et al. BRAF mutations are associated with distinctive clinical, pathological and molecular features of colorectal cancer independently of microsatellite instability status. Mol Cancer. 2006;5:2.
  • Badalian-Very G, Vergilio JA, Degar BA, et al. Recent advances in the understanding of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Br J Haematol. 2012;156:163–172.
  • Bailleux C, Robert G, Ginet C, et al. Successful re-treatment of a relapsed V600E mutated HCL patient with low-dose vemurafenib. Oncoscience. 2015;2:44–49.
  • Peyrade F, Re D, Ginet C, et al. Low-dose vemurafenib induces complete remission in a case of hairy-cell leukemia with a V600E mutation. Haematologica. 2013;98:e20–e22.
  • Jain P, Polliack A, Ravandi F. Novel therapeutic options for relapsed hairy cell leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma. 2015;2:2264–2272.
  • Kolar GR, Miller-Thomas MM, Schmidt RE, et al. Neoadjuvant treatment of a solitary melanoma brain metastasis with vemurafenib. J Clin Oncol. 2013;31:e40–e43.
  • Kearns CM, Blakley RL, Santana VM, et al. Pharmacokinetics of cladribine (2-chlorodeoxyadenosine) in children with acute leukemia. Cancer Res. 1994;54:1235–1239.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.