364
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Case Reports

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in a Jehovah’s Witness: a management dilemma

, , &

Reference

  • Bodnaruk ZM, Wong CJ, Thomas MJ. Meeting the clinical challenge of care for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Transfus Med Rev. 2004;18(2):105–16.
  • Laszlo D, Agazzi A, Goldhirsch A, Cinieri S, Bertolini F, Rabascio C, et al. Tailored therapy of adult acute leukaemia in Jehovah's Witnesses: unjustified reluctance to treat. Eur J Haematol. 2004;72(4):264–7.
  • Cullis J, Duncombe A, Dudley J, Lumley H, Apperley J, Smith A. Acute leukaemia in Jehovah’s Witnesses. Br J Haematol. 1998;100:664–8.
  • Bassan R, Rossi G, Pogliani EM, Di Bona E, Angelucci E, Cavattoni I, et al. Chemotherapy-phased imatinib pulses improve long-term outcome of adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Northern Italy Leukemia Group protocol 09/00. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28:3644–52.
  • Yanada M, Takeuchi J, Sugiura I, Akiyama H, Usui N, Yagasaki F, et al. High complete remission rate and promising outcome by combination of imatinib and chemotherapy for newly diagnosed BCR-ABL-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a phase II study by the Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:460–6.
  • Mizuta S, Matsuo K, Yagasaki F, Yujiri T, Hatta Y, Kimura Y, et al. Pre-transplant imatinib- based therapy improves the outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for BCR-ABL-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia. 2011;25:41–7.
  • Donahue LL, Shapira I, Shander A, Kolitz J, Allen S, Greenburg G. Management of acute anemia in a Jehovah's Witness patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with polymerized bovine hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier: a case report and review of literature. Transfusion. 2010;50(7):1561–7.
  • Knuti KA, Amrein PC, Chabner BA, Lynch TJ Jr, Penson RT. Faith, identity, and leukemia: when blood products are not an option. Oncologist. 2002;7(4):371–80.

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:

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:

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.