Early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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The transcription and immunological studies of the latest decade have shed new light on the biology of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and identified a new T-ALL subtype - early T-cell precursor ALL (ETP-ALL), a tumor from immature hematopoietic precursors which retain their capacity to myeloid differentiation. Identification of the characteristic phenotype of immature T-lymphoblasts is extremely important for the diagnosis of ETP-ALL, when the risk of failure of therapy even by modern protocols is very high. By transcription ETP-ALL is closely related to hematopoietic stem cells and myeloid precursors. The available data indicate that use of drugs active in acute myeloid leukemia can improve the prognosis for patients with ETP-ALL. The unique biology of the tumor and the extremely unfavorable prognosis in ETP-ALL necessitate the creation of a new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of this disease. Two clinical case reports of ETP-ALL are presented, demonstrating variants of extremely unfavorable course of the disease and requiring individual therapeutic approaches.

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E. G. Boichenko

Municipal Pediatric Hospital No. 1

Author for correspondence.
Email: boychenko-elmira@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

A. M. Popov

Regional Pediatric Clinical Hospital No. 1; Institute of Medical Cell Technologies

Email: uralcytometry@gmail.com
Russian Federation

T. A. Makarova

Municipal Pediatric Hospital No. 1

Email: tanyamak64@mail.ru
Russian Federation

N. N. Dokhina

Municipal Pediatric Hospital No. 1

Email: dr.dokhina@inbox.ru
Russian Federation

I. A. Garbuzova

Municipal Pediatric Hospital No. 1

Email: ira-garbuzova@mail.ru
Russian Federation

O. V. Makarova

Regional Pediatric Clinical Hospital No. 1

Email: childrens_oncology@mail.ru
Russian Federation

O. R. Arakaev

Regional Pediatric Clinical Hospital No. 1

Email: olegarakaev@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

L. G. Fechina

Regional Pediatric Clinical Hospital No 1; Institute of Medical Cell Technologies

Email: childrens_oncology@mail.ru
Russian Federation

A. I. Karachunsky

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev; Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I.Pirogov

Email: aikarat@mail.ru
Russian Federation

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Copyright (c) 2015 Boichenko E.G., Popov A.M., Makarova T.A., Dokhina N.N., Garbuzova I.A., Makarova O.V., Arakaev O.R., Fechina L.G., Karachunsky A.I.

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