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Phase 2 study of combination chemotherapy with bortezomib in children with relapsed and refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Treatment outcomes for children with relapsed and refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (R/R-ALL) remain poor, and the optimal induction therapy has not been determined. Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor ...
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Correction to: A phase I study of inotuzumab ozogamicin as a single agent in pediatric patients in Japan with relapsed/refractory CD22-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (INO-Ped-ALL-1)
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A phase I study of inotuzumab ozogamicin as a single agent in pediatric patients in Japan with relapsed/refractory CD22-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (INO-Ped-ALL-1)
Inotuzumab ozogamicin (InO) is a CD22-directed antibody conjugated with calicheamicin approved for adult relapsed or refractory CD22-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This phase 1 study primarily ai...
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Open AccessTranilast for advanced heart failure in patients with muscular dystrophy: a single-arm, open-label, multicenter study
The transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 2 (TRPV2) is a stretch-sensitive calcium channel. TRPV2 overexpression in the sarcolemma of skeletal and cardiac myocytes causes calcium influ...
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Phase I study of brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35) in Japanese children with relapsed or refractory CD30-positive Hodgkin’s lymphoma or systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Data on the treatment of pediatric patients with brentuximab vedotin are limited. The aims of the present study were to assess the safety and tolerability of brentuximab vedotin in Japanese children with relap...
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Open AccessPhase I clinical study of brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35) involving children with recurrent or refractory CD30-positive Hodgkin’s lymphoma or systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: rationale, design and methods of BV-HLALCL study: study protocol
Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) are the two most common tumors expressing CD30. Internationally, a clinical study that is being conducted involving adults with recurrent or re...
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Pediatric follicular lymphoma in Japan
Follicular lymphoma (FL) is quite rare in children. There have been only two major reports on pediatric FL. The present retrospective study on pediatric FL in Japan, including FL with diffuse large B cell lymp...
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for pediatric mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with non-L3 morphology and MLL-AF9 gene fusion: three case reports and review of the literature
Mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is typically associated with French-American-British (FAB)-L3 morphology and MYC gene rearrangement. However, rare cases of mature B-ALL with non-L3 morphology a...