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How would you treat an LGL leukemia patient who has been refractory to treatments with cyclosporine, MTX, and cyclophosphamide?

The patient also has transfusion-dependent anemia secondary to the LGL leukemia.
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Medical Oncology · Riverside Methodist Hospitals/OhioHealth
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In my experience, true refractoriness to methotrexate and cyclophosphamide is unusual in LGL. What is more usual is that patients take a long time to respond and I usually don’t change therapy before a full 6 months trial of either agents. That is also what the published data suggests. In the meanwh...

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